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Physiological evidence shows that the pupillary response to imagined light can be used to index the strength and vividness of an individual’s visual imagery and as a new tool for confirming aphantasia...

It’s a “violation of foundational ethical principles of human participant research.”…

Genetically distinct strains of a species can vary widely in phenotype, reducing the utility of species-resolved microbiome measurements for detecting…

COVID-19 vaccines played a critical role in reducing global health burden during the COVID-19 pandemic, but their rapid development required extraordinary effort. This study aims to evaluate their glo...

After firing hundreds of meteorologists, the National Weather Service announced it is filling vacant positions. Applicants are being asked to detail their support for Trump’s policies.

The jokes and jabs are flying as Eric Adams’ closest aides was slapped with new criminal charges the day after another of his longtime allies offered a reporter cash inside a potato chip bag.

In this Consensus Statement, the authors outline strategies for processing, analysing and interpreting low-biomass microbiome samples, and provide recommendations to minimize contaminants.

An analysis of 18 metagenomic datasets of individuals with colorectal cancer, adenomas and healthy controls yields improved cancer prediction accuracy based solely on gut metagenomics, as well as the ...

This cross-sectional study examines the demographic, socioeconomic, behavioral, anthropometric, metabolic, and clinical characteristics of the oral microbiome of US adults.

$500 million NIH program to make vaccines against pathogens that can trigger pandemics uses approach pioneered in last century

Genetic distances between bacterial DNA sequences can be used to cluster populations into closely related subpopulations and as an additional source of information when detecting possible transmission...

Accurately predicting the optimal pH level for enzyme activity is challenging due to the complex relationship between enzyme structure and function. Gado and colleagues show that a language model can ...

New initiative aims to reduce use of animals in NIH-funded research.

Brief ciprofloxacin exposure in humans drives antibiotic resistance evolution in gut bacteria through selective sweeps, particularly involving DNA gyrase mutations, which persist long after exposure a...

Nature Reviews Microbiology, Published online: 10 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41579-025-01169-8In this Review, Theuretzbacher explores current clinical antibacterial agents in clinical development, incorporating global health considerations and the need for effective, accessible therapies worldwide.

Nature Microbiology - ‘Phollow’ is a live imaging-based fluorescence tagging approach that can track phage replication and spread in situ with single-virion resolution.

Featuring a Depression-era private eye, “Shadow Ticket” will be the 87-year-old writer’s first book since 2013.