A bacterial defense system called SPARDA employs kamikaze-like tactics to protect cells and could be useful in future ...

A bacterial cell settles onto a nondescript surface. It is plump, healthy and functioning as it should. Nothing appears amiss ...

Whether in the human body or on surfaces, bacteria protect themselves from outside attackers using biofilms. Physicist ...

Plants are quietly borrowing tricks from bacteria, repurposing foreign genes to build complex molecules that look a lot like ...

Let’s say it’s 2036, and scientists are working on a new class of drugs. Today, for instance, pharmaceutical companies use ...

Some antibiotics stop bacteria from growing without actually killing them, allowing infections to return later. Scientists at ...

The protein called intelectin-2 plays another important role by reinforcing the protective mucus layer that lines the ...

On the ISS, viruses can still infect bacteria, but the process slows and pushes both organisms to evolve along different ...