Inside one of the most radioactive reactors in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, a fungus has evolved a bit of a quirk. It ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla – Tuesday’s Falcon 9 launch to the International Space Station included one interesting passenger – a microbiology experiment from the University of Florida. NASA, Northrop Grumman ...

Herpes viruses reactivate in more than half of crew aboard Space Shuttle and International Space Station missions, according to NASA research published in Frontiers in Microbiology. While only a small ...

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are plagued by persistent rashes, unusual allergies and a variety of infections, including fungi, cold sores and shingles. Researchers now think they ...

Josephine Walton’s research in the field of microbiology has taken her from the geothermal hot springs of Thermopolis to the ...

Sporophytes survived nine months in orbit; most endured and germinated back on Earth, revealing insights into plant ...