Browsing: Microbes

Living materials Colomina compares modern architecture to antibiotics. Just as the widespread use of these drugs has driven antibiotic resistance, architecture has “created its own monsters”,…

The micro-organisms living in the human gut can affect many biological functions, including pain perception.Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo LibraryWhat Rina Green calls her “living hell” began…

Microorganisms have shaped Earth for almost four billion years. At least a trillion microbial species sustain the biosphere — for instance, by producing oxygen or sequestering…