Soil, often perceived as lifeless dirt, is a dynamic ecosystem teeming with bacteria, many of which naturally carry ...

Officials stress tap water remains safe to drink, because the raw water from this source is disinfected with chlorine before ...

Scientists believe that mirror bacteria constructed from mirror images of molecules found in nature could put life on Earth ...

Officials are investigating a possible outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease at a Florida elementary school after a kindergarten ...

Ohio State Extension educator Heather Neikirk explains how the ecosystems within healthy soil work to keep it healthy.

A team analyzed the amino acids that affect the formation of spores in a bacterium that causes food poisoning, Clostridium perfringens, and identified serine as an amino acid that inhibits spore ...

Food poisoning is a common, yet unpleasant, illness caused by eating contaminated items. It is sometimes caused by ...

For decades, the Salton Sea was the final destination for agricultural runoff, which included toxic pesticides and fertilizer ...

There’s no shortage of products designed to grow beneficial fungi that will help your crops or garden. Whether they do is a ...

Food poisoning is a common, yet unpleasant, illness caused by eating contaminated items. It is sometimes caused by ...

Leading scientists warn against creating "mirror life" microbes, citing unprecedented risks to Earth's ecosystems. These ...