There has been much theoretical debate about whether and how organisms can evolve to become better at evolving, but now a team of researchers has made it happen in a lab – and documented almost ...

NASA scientists have accidentally uncovered 26 previously unknown species of bacteria—a discovery that challenges current ...

“Mirror bacteria” made in a lab could endanger all life on earth, an international group of leading scientists have warned in ...

Rice University scientists discovered bacteria thriving without oxygen by releasing electricity. These microorganisms use ...

If mirror bacteria were to escape from the lab, there would be nothing to prevent them from establishing themselves in the wild and threatening plants, animals, and humans with lethal infections.

She has a background in microbiology ... Microbiologist Scott Chimileski at the Marine Biological Laboratory combines microscopy and time-lapse photography to capture the visual beauty of these ...