In the vast and often unseen world of microscopic life, a recent discovery may force scientists to rethink what it means to ...

The human microbiome market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 31% over the forecast period. Major factors driving growth ...

What’s the deal with scat? When animals well, you know, poop, they release organic matter which can contain diseases, phosphorus, and even fragments of DNA. Scientifically, animal poop is referred to ...

Most forms of life cannot survive extreme environmental conditions, like excessive temperatures. Likewise, the significant ...

A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning ...

Viewed this way, “Mind-Body medicine” is the tail wagging the dog, to put it mildly.

A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning ...

In the dim waters off the Japanese coast, scientists have stumbled upon something that shouldn’t exist. Or at least not by the rules we thought biology followed. While sequencing DNA from a tiny ...

Bethany Kolody prepares water samples aboard the NOAAS Ronald H. Brown, during the P18 GO-SHIP voyage from Easter Island to Antarctica in the Sout ...

Archaea articles from across Nature Portfolio Archaea are organisms consisting of a single cell without a nucleus and with distinct structural, physiological and evolutionary characteristics.

CRISPR systems, which are composed of direct repeats that are separated by similarly sized non-repetitive spacers, confer resistance to phages in many bacteria and most archaea. This new antiviral ...