Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a new, entirely bio-based material from a somewhat ...

The cold-loving yeasts from Ötzi’s remains suggest the Iceman’s microbiome may not be completely frozen in time.

A new study cultivated four strains of cold-adapted yeasts that had colonized Ötzi's body shortly after his death 5,300 years ...

More than 5,300 years after Ötzi’s death, researchers found genetic material from his gut microbiome and identified yeasts ...

The evolution of sex remains one of biology's greatest puzzles. While sexual reproduction dominates across the animal kingdom ...

A key step in the origin of many pandemics occurs when an animal-borne virus infects humans and then evolves to spread more efficiently from person to person. That is why scientists and physicians ...