Studies are showing that “good bacteria” can help us handle stress better, regulate emotion, even stay motivated and hopeful.

Postbiotics are beneficial compounds produced when gut bacteria, including probiotics, break down prebiotics. In other words, ...

For more than a century, food scientists have searched for ways to satisfy a sweet tooth without the health risks tied to ...

Sugar-reduction solutions, such as natural and artificial sweeteners, have had varying levels of success. And many have fallen short where it matters most – taste. Lingering bitterness, metallic ...

Scientists at Tufts have found a way to turn common glucose into a rare sugar that tastes almost exactly like table sugar—but with far fewer downsides. Using engineered bacteria as microscopic ...

Compared with common sugars such as glucose, fructose, and sucrose, tagatose exists only in tiny amounts in nature. It ...

Potomac River sewage spill creates E. coli contamination 12,000 times above safe limits near Washington, D.C., affecting ...

After a spill from a massive sewage pipe in the Potomac River, testing revealed dangerously high E. coli levels extending ...