Bacteria in the human gut can directly deliver proteins into human cells, actively shaping immune responses. A consortium led ...

Space-based experiments show that microgravity-induced mutations in bacteriophages may improve their ability to target ...

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

Researchers have discovered how bacteria break through spaces barely larger than themselves, by wrapping their flagella ...

Human health risks from direct consumption of toxic nanoplastics are already scary, but researchers have confirmed that nanoplastics in water give rise to an additional threat: They strengthen ...

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 live.

Two recent studies from the University of California, Riverside, published in the same issue of Gut Microbes highlight the ...

A research team at the University of Würzburg has, for the first time, uncovered how E. coli bacteria sneak into the prostate ...

Let’s say it’s 2036, and scientists are working on a new class of drugs. Today, for instance, pharmaceutical companies use ...

Bacteria are a cornerstone of the pharmaceutical and chemical industries, helping produce everything from drugs and beer to biodiesel and fertilizer. The pharmaceutical industry, in particular, relies ...

On the ISS, viruses can still infect bacteria, but the process slows and pushes both organisms to evolve along different ...

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