What physical processes govern the movement of microscopic structures capable of interacting with their environment? The ...

Antibiotics are designed to kill harmful bacteria and help the body recover from infection. But some antibiotics may also ...

Scientists have identified a protein that can stop an infection in its tracks by simply dissolving a bacterial pathogen's cell membrane. This work indicates that there are natural detergents that ...

Over the past several years, research from University of California San Diego biologist Gürol Süel’s laboratory has uncovered a series of remarkable features exhibited by clusters of bacteria that ...

University of Tennessee Knoxville professor and Goodrich Chair of Excellence in Civil Engineering Frank Loeffler and his ...

Researchers have discovered that a particular protein in the gut is fighting an important battle against the spread of ...

Illustration of bacteria on the colon epithelium. (Nanoclustering/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) Scientists have suspected for some time that the link between our gut and brain plays a role in ...

A research team has discovered a previously unknown mechanism by which the immune system fights bacterial infections. The ...

Researchers have discovered that biofilms, bacterial communities found throughout the living world, are far more advanced than previously believed. Scientists found that biofilm cells are organized in ...