Computer simulations highlight how bacteria slow their growth to avoid overcrowding, a behavior that may inform pathogen ...

A type of bacteria dubbed “Conan the Bacterium” can withstand radiation thousands of times stronger than what can kill a ...

Industry -- particularly the pharmaceutical industry -- is deeply reliant on bacteria in their production. Now, researchers present a 'superman suit' to put on the bacteria, so that they can produce ...

It sounds a bit like something out of science fiction, but a topical vaccine that is rubbed on the skin is now closer to ...

Imagine a world in which a vaccine is a cream you rub onto your skin instead of a needle a health care worker pushes into your one of your muscles.

Researchers at Northwestern University and the Uniformed Services University (USU) have decoded the mechanism behind the ...

Antimicrobial peptides have not typically lived up to their promise, especially when it comes to beating antibiotic ...

Protein biosynthesis—the process whereby cells produce protein molecules, which are essential for life and growth—is a highly ...

Cyanobacteria use an AM radio-like principle to coordinate cell division with circadian rhythms, encoding information through ...

Imagine a world in which a vaccine is a cream you rub onto your skin instead of a needle a health care worker pushes into your one of your muscles ...

FipA is a novel component required for bacteria that rely on FlhF/FlhG to properly localize their flagella to the cell pole.

Bacteria modify their ribosomes when exposed to widely used antibiotics, according to research in Nature Communications. The ...