Learn more about Ca. Electrothrix yaqonensis, a new species of cable bacteria — named after the Yaqona people — that could ...

A team led by Rice University bioscientist Caroline Ajo-Franklin has discovered how certain bacteria breathe by generating ...

A team has discovered how certain bacteria breathe by generating electricity, using a natural process that pushes electrons into their surroundings instead of breathing on oxygen. The findings could ...

These simulations showed that bacteria could still survive and generate electricity by using the surrounding surface to ...

A research team has uncovered a previously unknown type of immune signaling molecule—a novel compound combining histidine and ...

Bacteria can be engineered to sense a variety ... senior author of the new study In a paper appearing today in Nature Biotechnology, the researchers showed that they could engineer two different ...

Researchers have produced the most detailed image to date of a bacteriophage -- phage for short -- that has allowed them to see for the first time the structural makeup of the part of the phage that ...

Biotechnology processes such as wastewater treatment and biomanufacturing could be significantly improved through better management of electron imbalances. Electricity-exhaling bacteria could fix ...