When drinking water is stored in containers, a thin layer of microorganisms can grow at the interface of the container and ...

Byram Park Beach received a grade of D+ as its water quality samples last year failed 36% of the time. The beach is one of only five of Connecticut's 72 public and private beaches along Long Island ...

Penn State scientists uncovered an ancient bacterial defense where dormant viral DNA helps bacteria fight new viral threats. The enzyme PinQ flips bacterial genes to create protective proteins that ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Remember when Japan sent a spacecraft to an asteroid 180 million miles away to scoop some dirt off the surface? Six years on from its arrival ...

A new study pinpoints two species of bacteria that work together to dry out the lining of the gut and cause constipation It is as unfortunate an ailment as it is ubiquitous: at some point in our life, ...

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Spacecraft are assembled in specialized “cleanrooms” that are designed to avoid contamination from dust and microorganisms. But bacteria called extremophiles have genetic components that allow them to ...

HARLEM, Manhattan (PIX11) – A seventh person has died from Legionnaires’ disease in connection with the Harlem outbreak, according to the city’s Health Department. There are 114 confirmed cases of ...

Drug policy is an easy thing to get wrong and a difficult thing to get right. Most drug policy experts agree that total prohibition has failed, but there is little consensus on what might actually ...

The bacterium Vibrio vulnificus thrives in saltwater and brackish water, and can cause severe illness Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared in Billboard and ...