Even as cancer remains a leading cause of death globally, bacteria-based cancer therapy presents an exciting and innovative ...

They exist in pairs, chains, or clusters. They are found everywhere, including on and in the human body and within water, ...

Though they live only a few hours before dividing, bacteria can anticipate the approach of cold weather and prepare for it.

India's focus on tuberculosis research, including antimicrobial resistance, Mtb survival mechanisms, and potential new ...

Researchers at Umeå University have revealed details on how bacteria use calcium to regulate vital processes in a way that ...

A recent study led by Northwestern University has uncovered how cells of a Comamonas bacteria break down plastic to use as ...

Scientists wielding a minute hollow needle — and a bike pump — have managed to implant bacteria into a larger cell, creating a relationship that might have helped to spark the evolution of ...

Long known as a messenger within cells, RNA is increasingly seen as life’s molecular communication system—even between ...

But what, exactly, these Comamonas bacteria are doing has remained a mystery. Now, Northwestern Engineering-led researchers have discovered how cells of a Comamonas bacterium are breaking down plastic ...

Rather than mutating to avoid antibiotics, bacteria become resistant to beta-lactam by creating an enzyme that degrades the ...

Fossil evidence of how the earliest life on Earth came to be is hard to come by. But scientists have come up with a few ...

Like so many organisms on the planet, when cells experience mosh-pit-level crowding, they may just become stressed. Yet ...