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

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

Accutane, known generically as isotretinoin, is not simply a strong acne medication. It is a systemic retinoid that ...

Bacteria-scale robots that can run for months without human control are no longer a lab fantasy. Researchers have now built ...

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Many disease-causing bacteria, viruses or fungi live on cloth, plastic and metal objects in your bathroom. Here's what you ...

"The infection of our body cells is like a dance between virus and cell," suggested Yohei Yamauchi at ETH Zurich. With their new system, the team watched how single flu virus particles move across the ...

New NE-AFM method measures nuclear stiffness in living cells. It shows cancer nuclei change softness with chromatin and environment, aiding diagnosis and treatment. By employing a technique called ...

(a) A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of the nanoneedle probe used for the measurements. (b) Elasticity map of a 1 µm × 1 µm area on the nuclear surface, showing the change in elasticity ...

Microplastics are tiny, plastic fragments — many too small to see — found in the air, soil and water. Measuring their abundance in nature can direct cleanup resources, but current detection methods ...

This is part of a NASA-supported project hoping to fabricate "device-ready" wafers from space-grown crystals. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Byproducts from gut bacteria breaking down tryptophan, a dietary amino acid, can restore hormone-secreting gut cells reduced by obesity, a new study found. It opens the door to a natural, ...