MIT researchers have identified how communities of ocean bacteria cooperate to decompose biodegradable plastics, a finding that could reshape how scientists and manufacturers think about the fate of ...

Blow up a long balloon and two things happen: it gets longer and it gets wider. Now imagine a living cell that inflates ...

To model bacterial life, Thornburg and his colleagues turned to one of its simplest examples: a bacterial cell with a ...

Researchers have revealed how bacteria precisely control the genes that trigger cell division. The study shows that the MraZ ...

When many disease-causing bacteria encounter penicillin, they are not always destroyed right away, shifting into a temporary ...

Direct farm-to-consumer sales of raw milk in Michigan are currently illegal. A bill in the state House would end that ...

Lawyers for both sides in the federal lawsuit, brought by six medical organizations, are trying to understand the ...

While you may not frequently visit humid environments, such as rainforests, the animal life in damp locations may look a bit ...

After her initial test run, she cultured a regular sample, as well as the shocked sample so she could compare them side by ...

When many disease-causing bacteria encounter penicillin, they are not always destroyed right away, shifting into a temporary ...

Researchers have uncovered a universal pattern showing how temperature affects life on Earth. Across thousands of ...