The development and spread of antibiotic resistance represents one of the greatest threats to global health. To overcome ...

A study of bumble bees has uncovered a potential reason for the insects' decline. By studying bumble bee exposure to ...

Researchers at Pitt 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 ...

Plants know how to defend themselves against pathogenic microorganisms. In turn, pathogens have sensors to detect such defense mechanisms. What happens when plant and pathogen are locked in that duel?

By studying bumblebee exposure to particulate air pollutants scientists at the University of Leicester have determined that ...

A chemical radar allows bacteria to sense and eliminate predators. Investigating how microorganisms communicate deepens our ...

Could a gene regulatory network in gut microbes have evolved its elaborate and tightly regulated molecular machinery only to pump out antibiotics indiscriminately? Researchers show this is an ...

Inspired by sea sponges, researchers created living micro-lenses from bacteria that may improve medical and industrial ...

Drug-resistant bacteria are one of the most urgent threats in modern medicine. But scientists are looking to oysters for help ...

When subjected to physical pressure, archaea - ancient single-celled organisms - form multicellular structures.

Tiny magnetic bacteria that live in tightly bound groups are showing scientists how life might have evolved complex, multicellular forms. These rare bacteria can’t survive alone – they depend on one ...