These bacteria don’t eat food or breathe air like we do. All they need is to complete a circuit; that’s enough for them to ...

Scientists have uncovered a new explanation for how swimming bacteria change direction, providing fresh insight into one of ...

Spacecraft are assembled in specialized “cleanrooms” that are designed to avoid contamination from dust and microorganisms.

Scientists have uncovered a new explanation for how swimming bacteria change direction, providing fresh insight into one of ...

Discovery: Researchers have found a new type of endosymbiotic bacteria in up to 50 percent of the wastewater treatment plants they studied that can purify wastewater and produce greenhouse gases.

Weighing a single living cell sounds like a party trick, yet the numbers involved are so small that they push the limits of ...

Life begins with a single fertilized cell that gradually transforms into a multicellular organism. This process requires ...

Biologists mapping the human microbiome expected to find new bacteria and viruses, not entities that slip through every ...