Yunnan Province in southwestern China is a global biodiversity hotspot, accommodating an incredible variety of plants and ...

Microscopic fungus may have more to do with oral cancer and aging than first thought, according to new research from Case Western Reserve University. Pushpa Pandiyan, an associate professor of ...

Health authorities say a rare water-borne pathogen is behind the recent outbreak of severe conjunctivitis in Top End football ...

Bottom Line: A microscopic fungus called Candida tropicalis triggered gut inflammation and exacerbated symptoms of Crohn's disease, in a recent study conducted at Case Western Reserve University ...

Cheese fungus, head lice, human sperm, a bee eye, a microplastic bobble: scientific photographer Steve Gschmeissner has imaged them all under the probing lens of a scanning electron microscope (SEM).

The pollution of the UK's waterways and coastlines with sewage is throwing its ecosystems out of balance. One well documented example is the spread of microscopic bacteria that can multiply rapidly ...

A deadly, drug-resistant fungus is spreading fast across the United States. Scientists have warned that it is fatal enough to rot human tissues from within and the threat could get worse with rising ...