It’s important to note that researchers are likely at least 10 to 30 years away from creating mirror bacteria. On the timescale of a fast-moving field like synthetic biology, a decade is a very long ...

IISc Bengaluru team is developing a microbial experiment to test the bacteria’s growth patterns and behaviour in ...

Researchers at Boston University have found that microplastics (MPs) provide an ideal platform for bacteria to form ...

The microscopic shards of plastic found in every corner of the planet may be exacerbating antibiotic resistance, a new study has found.

Scientists were shocked to discover that microplastics don’t just pollute the environment, they may also be fueling the rise ...

This article discusses the mechanisms of bacterial transduction and how scientists can utilize it to manipulate bacterial genomes for a wide variety of purposes.

The Gelman plume has been contaminating the groundwater of Scio Township and Ann Arbor since the 1960s with possible ...

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlights growing concerns about foodborne illness in the ...

Microplastics-tiny shards of plastic debris-are all over the planet. They have made their way up food chains, accumulated in oceans, clustered in clouds and on mountains, and been found inside our ...

The death toll from Angola's cholera outbreak has risen to 313, with a total of 8,141 cases reported, according to the countr ...

Listeria is believed to have left three people dead, putting the NHS on high alert, but its symptoms are not always obvious.

"The project began with a very basic question -- how does bacteria leave the lungs -- that we have now provided some insight into, closing a significant gap in our knowledge," said Holmes.