A multiyear experiment made yeast clusters much bigger and tougher, hinting at how the first complex life on Earth came to be.

Discover how snowflake yeast defies expectations, growing exponentially due to physical processes, challenging traditional views on evolution.

Ob-gyns explain how to tell if you have a yeast infection or bacterial vaginosis when your vagina hurts, plus common treatments and reasons for recurrence.

When introducing genes into yeast to make it produce drugs and other useful substances, it is also necessary to reliably switch the production on or off. A Kobe University team found three gene ...

S. pombe, pictured in an electron microscope image, is a type of yeast used for centuries to brew beer. It’s also an invaluable research tool for scientists because of its similarity to human cells.

The discovery of a surprising survival mechanism used by beer-brewing yeast could lead to new approaches for fighting cancer. This is the promise of researchers led from the University of Virginia ...

Surviving Stress S. pombe is a species of yeast that has been used for centuries to brew beer. But it’s also an invaluable research tool for scientists because of its similarity to human cells.

While it usually needs darkness to thrive, scientists have created a light-powered yeast by moving a single gene.