Telomere phages, once ignored, help bacteria fight rivals using telocins. These toxins may target antibiotic-resistant ...

What's the currency for all life on Earth? Carbon. Every living thing needs a source of carbon to grow and reproduce. In the ...

Scientists have engineered a probiotic that detoxifies methylmercury in the gut, potentially making fish consumption safer.

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at quantum computing for image recognition, a gene therapy using a patient’s ...

Louis Pasteur’s breakthrough discoveries unlocked the world of microscopic organisms that live inside our bodies.

R esearchers have discovered a brand-new species of electricity-conducting bacteria, and not only might it help them figure ...

"At some point it might not be beneficial anymore to stick around with your buddies. But if you don't, you die." ...

In a nutshell The antibiotic piperacillin has shown remarkable effectiveness against Lyme disease-causing bacteria, Borrelia ...

Researchers from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and UCLA announced the creation of an engineered ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of immune defense in E. coli bacteria that turns viral infection machinery against the ...