A bacterial cell settles onto a nondescript surface. It is plump, healthy and functioning as it should. Nothing appears amiss ...

Near-weightless conditions can mutate genes and alter the physical structures of bacteria and phages, disrupting their normal ...

A bacterial defense system called SPARDA employs kamikaze-like tactics to protect cells and could be useful in future ...

These bacteria don’t eat food or breathe air like we do. All they need is to complete a circuit; that’s enough for them to ...

Some antibiotics stop bacteria from growing without actually killing them, allowing infections to return later. Scientists at ...

The protein called intelectin-2 plays another important role by reinforcing the protective mucus layer that lines the ...

In a new study, terrestrial bacteria-infecting viruses were still able to infect their E. coli hosts in near-weightless ...

Each year, more than two million people die from advanced chronic liver disease (ACLD). Previous research has linked gut ...

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

Hippie college town Berkeley is sounding the alarm over a frightening outbreak of leptospirosis near a homeless encampment in ...

Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School and the National University Health System (NUHS), together with an international team ...