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Imaging wall-less plant cells every six minutes for 24 hours revealed how the cells build their protective barriers.

A group of diatom species belonging to the Nitzschia genus gave up on photosynthesis and now get their carbon straight from ...

Lariocidin was efficient against strains of E. coli, including drug-resistant ones, according to the new study. View on ...

The results of a new study in mice show that early exposure to certain bacteria and fungus can give the immune system a boost and reduce the risk of type 1 diabetes.

They found a new molecule named lariocidin —a potential new antibiotic with the power to kill some of the world’s most ...

The effect of saccharin on the microbiome has received much attention, but its impact on pathogenic bacterial species is less ...

Roksana Riddle and Christopher H. Contag from Michigan State University discuss the concept of endosymbiosis, how it has ...

Creating a material of this nature requires remarkable scientific ingenuity because bacteria do not naturally make anything that resembles nylon ...

Inherited retinal degeneration (IRD) encompasses various disorders characterized by progressive loss of retinal photoreceptor cells, ultimately ...

This important study shows that the Nora virus, a natural Drosophila pathogen that also persistently infects many laboratory fly stocks, infects intestinal stem cells (ISCs), leading to a shorter life ...

Under microscopes, scientists found that giant single-cell organisms were able to vacuum up more food when they are stuck together.