Epidemiology
Do Childhood Colds Help the Body Respond to COVID?
A mechanism known as “original antigenic sin” protects some people from flu. Whether it helps immune reactions to coronaviruses is still unclear
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Microbiology
Gut Bacteria Change as You Get Older—and May Accelerate Aging
Microbe types in older people’s intestines are different and are linked to disease
Microbiology
These Bacteria Steal from Iron and Could Be Secretly Helping to Curb Climate Change
Photoferrotrophs have been around for billions of years on Earth, and new research suggests that they have played an outsize roll in the natural capture of carbon dioxide.
Microbiology
Engineered Bacteria Produce a Rainbow of Colors
By inserting some genes and knocking down others, scientists solved a core problem in synthetic biology
Microbiology
COVID Advances Win $3-million Breakthrough Prizes
Pioneers of mRNA vaccines and next-generation sequencing techniques are among the winners of science’s most lucrative awards
Microbiology
Watch Countless Small Worlds Pulse: From Liquid Crystals to Sea Cucumbers
Nikon’s Small World in Motion video competition is filled with moving delights.
Microbiology
Inside Millions of Invisible Droplets, Potential Superbug Killers Grow
New research has created microscopic antibiotic factories in droplets that measure a trillionth of liter in volume.
Microbiology
Some Deep-Sea Bacteria Are So Strange, Our Immune Sensors Miss Them
These microbes are redefining our understanding of how bodies recognize potential pathogens
