The proteasome is a microscopic barrel-shaped machine found in every cell of the human body. For decades, scientists only ...

"We haven't had a robust understanding of how properties of the environment and cell motility influence bacterial dispersion." Mattingly decided to focus his model on 'surface states' that ...

Micro decisions can have macro consequences. A soft matter physicist reveals how interactions within simple cellular ...

An experimental drug now in clinical trials as a cancer treatment could help boost the power of first-line tuberculosis (TB) treatments by helping infected cells die a gentler death, Johns Hopkins ...

Light-activated copper microrobots use single-atom catalysis and peroxide to penetrate biofilms, generate reactive oxygen ...

Until now, it’s been very hard for scientists to establish a detailed timeline of the early evolution of bacteria.

Research on the gut microbiome has focused mainly on bacteria, but bacteriophages and fungi play critical roles as well, with significant influences on health and disease.

Could it be that one of only three known markers directly targeting the DNA does not exist outside the realm of microbes? Now, researchers have demonstrated that this marker -- N4-methylcytosine (4mC) ...

Researchers discovered that saccharin kills drug-resistant bacteria, disrupts their DNA, and helps antibiotics work better.

Ryan Hunter, PhD, associate professor of microbiology and immunology, recently created a device to study anaerobic bacteria alongside oxygenated cells, simulating microenvironments within the body.

Bacteria consist of a single cell. They do not have bones and are not like big animals that leave clear signs in the ...

A chemical radar allows bacteria to sense and eliminate predators. Investigating how microorganisms communicate deepens our ...