PLAQUE ON TEETH, slime on stones, gunge around taps and showers. Biofilms—slimy, durable colonies of bacteria—are everywhere. Much of the research into them focuses on the hard-to-treat infections ...

New research shows that 'hacking' the communication channels between microbes in the mouth could boost levels of beneficial ...

Scientists at the MPI-DS have investigated how this motion interacts with the growth of the entire colony, which can be observed in a wide variety of cellular aggregates. Such growth happens when ...

Bacteria aren't just mindless microbes. New research from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem reveals that single bacterial cells can carry a "memory" of their past environments-passing it down through ...

An artificial intelligence-powered mobile application could help reduce one of commercial pollination’s biggest hidden risk.

A peer-reviewed study is raising alarms about the role our waste and wastewater systems play in spreading dangerous, antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The data revealed that microplastics may be acting ...