Inspired by sea sponges, researchers created living micro-lenses from bacteria that may improve medical and industrial ...

Microbial infections are a major global health concern, causing worldwide millions of deaths per year. These infections, ...

Predator-prey relationships are found in virtually all ecosystems. Even microorganisms in their world, which is invisible to the naked eye, engage in these interactions when fighting for the survival ...

Although sweat itself doesn't smell, it contains a nutritious broth of salts, glucose, vitamins and amino acids, which serves as an all-you-can-eat buffet for bacteria that live there. And there a ...

Scientists have discovered a protein that enables bacteria to shut down into dormant spores under extreme conditions ... King's were able to solve the crystal structure of the protein using ...

This supramolecular structure damages the membrane and leads to bacteria's death. The antibiotic evades resistance because the fatty molecule it binds to is not directly coded by genes and is thus ...

Researchers have demonstrated a technique for successfully encapsulating bacteria that can then be stored and applied to plants to improve plant growth and protect against pests and pathogens.

Cancer researchers in China who have been experimenting with bacteria may have cracked the deadliest puzzle hindering treatment of the disease: how to eliminate cancers while evading human immune ...