Just like every other creature, bacteria have evolved creative ways of getting around. Sometimes this is easy, like swimming ...

Scientists discover microgravity in space could help fight drug-resistant superbugs by creating unique viral mutations, ...

Inflammatory gut bacteria that carry proteins structurally similar to myelin may trigger the development and progression of ...

Each year, more than two million people die from advanced chronic liver disease (ACLD). Previous research has linked gut ...

Scientists reveal how bacteria switch direction through a microscopic tug-of-war inside their motors, driven by energy and ...

A new study reveals that bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment through two fundamentally different "shutdown modes," not ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is one of the most unique environments where life has ever existed, out in the low ...

Early in 2025, scientists discovered a promising new antibiotic in a soil sample from a lab technician's backyard. The ...

Bacteria from cows has shown "promising" results in treating hospital superbugs. The farmyard favorites carry a microbe that ...

In the classic “run-and-tumble” movement pattern, bacteria swim forward (“run”) in one direction and then stop to rotate and reorient themselves in a new direction (“tumble”). During experiments where ...