The International Space Station (ISS) is one of the most unique environments where life has ever existed, out in the low ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is a closed ecosystem, and the biology inside it — including its microbial residents — ...

Scientists discover microgravity in space could help fight drug-resistant superbugs by creating unique viral mutations, ...

The viruses devise ploys to break into bacterial defenses. Bacteria, on the other hand, strengthen their defenses so that ...

A new study has uncovered dynamics of virus-bacteria interactions in the microgravity environment of the International Space ...

That includes cleanrooms where spacecrafts are assembled. These places are designed to minimize dust and microorganisms in ...

On the ISS, viruses can still infect bacteria, but the process slows and pushes both organisms to evolve along different ...

In space, bacteriophages mutate in ways not seen on Earth, making them more effective at killing drug-resistant bacteria.

That was the first finding of the study. The second was that the bacteria had acquired mutations while being in microgravity, ...

ESA project called HOBI-WAN is testing a bacterial protein in microgravity to produce and grow food in space, reducing supply ...

Being able to identify microbes in real time aboard the International Space Station, without having to send them back to Earth for identification first, would be revolutionary for the world of ...