The bacterial flagellar motor is finally understood after 50 years. In its workings, columnist Natalie Wolchover finds the ...

The microbial arms race, in which bacteria battle with each other, viruses, and other organisms for space and nutrients, has ...

Cyanobacteria—ancient microbes that oxygenated Earth and made complex life possible—are still revealing surprises billions of ...

Scientists have developed a fuel cell that uses microbes in soil to produce electricity. The device can power underground ...

Forever chemicals may be entering living cells as bacteria weave PFAS into their membranes, revealing a hidden pollution ...

They can pose a threat to human health — yeast infections are but one example. Scientists say not enough attention is paid to ...

What physical processes govern the movement of microscopic structures capable of interacting with their environment? The ...

Hours before starving bacteria begin assembling into visible structures, a deep-learning system built at Rice University can ...

Microorganisms that target and eliminate cancer cells Researchers are investigating an unexpected new method to combat cancer — by utilizing bacteria. :microbe: In a recent investigation, scientists ...

A Franco-British team of scientists has explored two human proteins recently identified as immune enzymes. Structural studies in vitro show that, in a cell infected by a virus for example, these ...

Researchers from King's College London and the University of Surrey have developed a new technique to measure the content of individual human cells infected with bacteria that model tuberculosis—and ...

Lasker and her team identified the hidden architecture of biomolecular condensates, which are made up of an intricate network of filaments. Credit: Scripps Research For years, biomolecular condensates ...