However, new findings from Konstantinidis and his team suggest otherwise, positing that bacteria not only form species but also maintain cohesion within these species through mechanisms that closely ...

Prof. Bozhi Tian of the University of Chicago is on the frontier of bioelectronics, building living machines that can heal, ...

A global team has made a significant advance in understanding how bacterial plasmids contribute to antibiotic resistance.

Pathogen-fighting immune cells called tissue-resident memory CD8 T cells (TRM cells) go through a surprising transformation -- and relocation -- as they fight infections in the small intestine.

When Kostas Konstantinidis proved that many bacteria — like plants and animals — are organized into species, he upended a ...

When Kostas Konstantinidis proved that many bacteria—like plants and animals—are organized into species, he upended a ...

Imaging live cells with fluorescent proteins has long been a crucial technique for understanding cellular behavior. While ...

Yale researchers uncovered the molecular machinery behind nanowire assembly in microbes, enabling advances in electricity ...

Researchers uncover a protein in Australian oyster blood that boosts antibiotic effectiveness and fights superbugs, offering ...

Imagine using living bacteria to answer mathematical questions or solve problems that a traditional computer would usually handle. It might sound like something out of a tacky sci-fi film, but it’s a ...

If everything that occurs at the microscopic, molecular level in plants and animals and other life forms occurs as a result ...