Stanford scientists discovered that a harmless skin bacterium triggers a powerful immune response. By tweaking a bacterial ...

Award-winning science journalist and author Carl Zimmer details the dangers of new viruses, air pollution and wildfires on ...

With the acute phase of the Covid-19 pandemic fading even as the coronavirus persists and evolves, a new normal is taking shape around the world. In a small study, patients with the syndrome were ...

Feb. 11, 2025 — A new retrospective, laboratory-based observational study provides detailed insights into the causes of fevers of unknown origin in sub-Saharan Africa. Scientists examined 550 ...

Laura Sanders reports on neuroscience for Science News. She wrote Growth Curve, a blog about the science of raising kids, from 2013 to 2019 and continues to write about child development and ...

Feb. 6, 2025 — The research found that heavy drinkers with either diabetes, high blood pressure or a high waist circumference are as much as 2.4 times more likely to develop advanced liver ...

Mass cytometry can be used to scale up multiplexed serology testing, as shown for the simultaneous detection of antibody levels against multiple SARS-CoV-2 proteins in hundreds of serum samples ...

Microbiology is the study of microscopic organisms, such as bacteria, viruses, archaea, fungi and protozoa. This discipline includes fundamental research on the biochemistry, physiology, cell ...

A six episode podcast that explores the science behind deep brain stimulation, an experimental intervention for patients with treatment-resistant depression.

Please visit the WastewaterSCAN and U.S. CDC data dashboards for updated data. Hospitalizations and deaths show how severe COVID-19 infections are. Wastewater and emergency room data show changes in ...

Rinse and repeat. I don’t know if there’s something in the soil – mind control microbes? But since our return to Australia there’s been a transformation. We’re renting an older home with a moderate ...