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

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

Researchers suggest the bacteria could be designed to detect pollution or nutrients, acting as sensors to help farmers ...

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

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

While the health effects of artificial sweeteners are still up for debate, a new study suggests they might also be a ...

Scientists have discovered how a diarrhea-causing strain of bacteria uses 'molecular scissors' to cut open and destroy gut cells, leading to severe illness and sometimes death.

Scientists have solved the 3D structure of EspC, a powerful toxin produced by EPEC, a diarrheal E. coli strain that kills ...

Bacteria naturally present in the human intestine (known as the gut microbiota) can transform cholesterol-derived bile acids into powerful metabolites that strengthen anti-cancer immunity by blocking ...

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

Since time immemorial, plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi have coexisted in a mutually beneficial relationship. The ...