Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Curious about your snot? Plenty of people take a peek at what winds up in their tissue after a good nose blow, but doctors say ...

Mucus does more than cause congestion. It is highly beneficial to our health, trapping pathogens and protecting the body from infection. But a recent post on Instagram claims mucus has no benefits.

When it comes to smell, it's no doubt that the nose knows—the fact that we're able to identify more than 10,000 scents is quite an impressive feat. But your schnoz is more that just a scent powerhouse ...

Gross-but-cool fact of the day: Our bodies produce one to 1.5 liters of snot every 24 hours. If that seems like an awful lot of gooey, gross stuff, consider that mucus does have a purpose: "It's not ...

New research reveals that glycans -- branched sugar molecules found in mucus -- can prevent bacteria from communicating with each other and forming infectious biofilms, effectively rendering the ...

New insights into the molecular mechanisms driving mucus viscosity were have been discovered. A discovery about how mucus thickness is regulated could help to improve airway-clearing treatment options ...

When you're sick you'll often produce more phlegm, and might notice it's thicker or a different color: white, green, yellow or maybe even brown. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech ...

So, although A. muciniphila is not a pathogen, it can remove too much mucus under the wrong conditions. Our research is the first complete example of how mucus is broken down by this bacterial species ...

More than 200 square meters of our bodies—including the digestive tract, lungs, and urinary tract—are lined with mucus. In recent years, scientists have found some evidence that mucus is not just a ...

Curious about your snot? Plenty of people take a peek at what winds up in their tissue after a good nose blow, but doctors say this curiosity can actually give you clues about your health. "Increased ...