Explore how microbes shape health, disease, and the world beyond

A study shows gamma-delta T cells in mice respond to shifts in nutrients by changing the cellular composition of the intestinal epithelium.

The study of diet, long plagued by inaccuracies in self reports, is entering a new age of precision with the methods of metabolomics.

Nutrition researchers are beginning to use metabolomics to determine how healthy subjects’ diets are, and even to reveal specific properties of the foods they eat.

NASA’s vegetable production system, known as Veggie, may help pave the way for more sophisticated systems that could supplement astronauts’ diets during long trips to space.

Men had better fat-burning results when they had breakfast after cycling instead of beforehand.

Services promising scientifically tailored supplements or advice abound. Experts say their claims are largely unfounded, although some solid evidence is beginning to emerge.

Mycale grandis teams up with microbes housed inside it to gather nutrients.

The Purdue University nutrition researcher delves into the details of how fat tissue affects tumors.

Calories aren’t enough to correct malnourishment, but eating foods that spur specific microbes to grow in the gut can.

Bonobos eat their aquatic greens, perhaps to get their daily dose of iodine.

Mice exposed to heat wave temperatures ate less and showed weakened immune responses to the virus.

In mice, seeing and smelling food causes immediate cellular changes that ready the liver to convert incoming amino acids to proteins.

Shorter telomere length is widely considered a manifestation of stress in young children, but the results of a new study find it’s more complicated than that.  

The choice of an economics professor and climate change denialist is slammed by science advocates.

At the interface of food, nutrition, and agriculture, Lindsay Allen’s research has been informing nutrition guidelines and policies around the world for decades.

Duckweeds, tiny aquatic plants, multiply rapidly in water without cultivation and can serve as a source of protein and omega-3 fatty acids.

Researchers reveal how seals affect vegetation patterns and influence the movement of feral horse populations on Sable Island in Canada.

The discovery of a tumor-protecting role for a fatty acid found in fish oil has sparked debate about the product’s safety.