Leiden researchers have discovered an enzyme that helps bacteria feed on everyday plastics. This common enzyme could play a ...

Scientists have discovered how a bacteria makes a kind of detergent, which could help eliminate some forms of pollution... | ...

Scientists have identified a new type of protein in bacteria that could change our understanding of how these organisms ...

Scientists at Tel Aviv University and the Israel Institute for Biological Research have developed the first mRNA vaccine proven completely effective against deadly bacteria. This groundbreaking ...

Mosquito bites are much more than just a red and itchy summertime nuisance. The diseases that they carry are notoriously ...

He and a colleague proved a theory advanced by the Nobel Prize winners James Watson and Francis Crick, who discovered DNA’s ...

Researchers in the UK have devised a very clever method using genetically modified E. coli to convert PET plastic waste into ...

In this interview, Professor James J. Collins, founder of the field of Synthetic Biology, discusses his journey to founding ...

A Tyneside scientist has discovered a newly-identified species of bacteria in a tree that sits in one of the region's most ...

Scientists have identified a new type of protein in bacteria that could change our understanding of how these organisms interact with their environments.

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, ...