Micro decisions can have macro consequences. A soft matter physicist reveals how interactions within simple cellular ...

A genomic study of gut microbes during antibiotic use finds selective sweeps in a DNA gyrase gene that drive resistance.

All bacteria exist as single cells at some point in their lives – except for one kind, known as multicellular magnetotactic ...

The presence of disorder causes worms to speed up, not slow down – a surprising result with applications in robotics ...

There are ways you can reduce your risk of getting cancer — and the food you choose to eat is one of the most important ...

Researchers are developing the biomaterial as a more environmentally friendly alternative to concrete, but any wide-scale use ...

In a lab in the heart of Boston, professor Bree Aldridge leads a team of researchers trying to understand a threat that is ...

In the microscopic battlefield of plant-microbe interactions, plants are constantly fighting off invading bacteria. New research reveals just how clever these bacterial invaders can be.

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have found that the motion of unlabeled cells can be used to tell whether they ...

which allow bacterial cells to grow and reproduce. The mechanisms underlying bacterial chromosome configuration are not fully understood. Here, Spahn et al. show that the Escherichia coli nucleoid ...

Polyurethane (PUr) shape memory polymer (SMP ... collagen and gelatin into PUr foams postfabrication to enhance their clotting efficacy and drive cell interactions. The procoagulant nature of collagen ...