The researchers note that we’ve known bacteria could breathe without oxygen for some time now. But this is the first time we’ve discovered exactly how they do it, which makes this a crazy ...

If you want to visit the moons of Jupiter or Saturn someday, you might end up wearing a 3-D-printed spacesuit filled with bacteria. An ordinary spacesuit wouldn’t be enough to survive the ...

Impact Link Our largest and most exposed organ — our skin — is covered in and composed of not just human skin cells but also about a trillion bacteria (and even more viruses) along with ...

His theory is not as crazy as it may sound. In recent years a flood of new scientific findings has shown that the bacteria living inside us have a profound impact on our health--or lack thereof.

But then again, the Bassler microbiology lab at Princeton University was built on crazy ideas that proved right, like that bacteria talk to one another, says Bonnie Bassler, director of the lab ...

Certain gut bacteria may increase the risk that a person ... About 22% of the mice became compulsive eaters. “They became crazy for the food,” Martin-Garcia said. “They kept banging ...