Cambridge researchers have shown how commonly used sweeteners slow the growth of certain gut bacteria. One sweetener in ...

One widely used sweetener had a surprising impact when paired with a common medication.

Microbial ecosystems—for example, in seawater, the soil or in the human gut—are astonishingly diverse, but researchers often struggle to reproduce this diversity in the lab: Many microorganisms die ...

The era of "biomanufacturing," in which microbes, not petroleum, produce chemical products, is one step closer. A KAIST ...

What if there were a way to make proteins, enzymes and reagents right in the lab, in small amounts, on demand? Microscopic images of E.coli bacteria. Image courtesy of the Center for Disease Control.

The primary goal of the TOMI project is to help organic vegetable growers improve the productivity and sustainability of their tomato crops by developing new biologically-based approaches to manage ...