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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

While bottled water seems like a healthier alternative, one office space fixture is actually holding lots of teeny, tiny ...

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 ...

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