Bisphenol A (BPA) is widely used in the production of plastic materials. However, there have recently been concerns about its ...

Researchers have long known that bacteria could potentially be used to deliver therapeutic drugs inside the human body. However, safely and successfully carrying out such a feat in humans has been a ...

NQR enzyme is vital for energy production in pathogenic bacteria like the one that causes cholera, making it a highly ...

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The bacterial flagellar motor is finally understood after 50 years. In its workings, columnist Natalie Wolchover finds the essence of life. You’re the earliest known life form. There’s no food around ...

TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Vincent Trocheck missed a month early in the season with what the New York Rangers called an upper-body injury. Turns out, it wasn't really an injury, per se. Trocheck on Friday ...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly learning to autonomously design and run biological experiments, but the systems intended to govern those capabilities are struggling to keep pace. AI company OpenAI ...

Mammalian cells initiate antiviral signaling when cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS) detects cytoplasmic DNA and synthesizes 2',3'-cyclic GMP-AMP (2',3'-cGAMP), which activates stimulator of interferon ...

Scientists have engineered probiotic bacteria to act as tumor-seeking drug factories. In mice, these bacteria infiltrated tumors and produced a cancer-fighting drug right where it was needed. This ...

A biologist takes inspiration from fungus-growing ants in his research with microbes that grow on roots in soil. Leafcutter ants, seen here on fungi, inspired Ulrich Mueller’s research on microbiome ...

The genome of a bacterial strain trapped in cave ice for 5000 years has been sequenced for the first time, providing an insight into antimicrobial resistance. Bacteria have evolved to colonize even ...

Sweat rarely smells on its own. Body odour develops when bacteria on the skin break down compounds in sweat and release volatile chemicals that evaporate into the air. This interaction between sweat ...