Antibiotics have been the workhorses of modern medicine, but their success has fueled a dangerous rise in drug-resistant ...

Plankton are the invisible engines of life on Earth, producing much of the planet's oxygen and forming the foundation of the ...

Here in the Northeast Kingdom, winter preparations are crucial. Whether heating with wood or fossil fuels, ensure you're ...

PATTERNS: Patterns Formed by Competing Active and Static Min Proteins.

In a first-of-its-kind study, an Iowa State University research team found that the way DNA is arranged in a bacterial species used extensively in genetic engineering can change how well it grows, ...

Electron microscope image of fission yeast cells used in study (Max Planck Institute for Developmental ... The study found a key role for a set of gut bacteria enzymes called agmatinases, which break ...

Researchers at Umeå University have discovered that the microscopic "bubbles" released by bacteria in our body do not just drift around randomly. Instead, they use the thin protrusions of cells as a ...

People with certain bacteria and fungi in their mouths may face a dramatically higher risk of pancreatic cancer — more than three times greater — according to new research from NYU Langone Health and ...

New research into antimicrobial peptides, small chains of amino acids able to damage bacterial cells, shows why some peptides are more effective at doing that and also why some cells are more ...