When he launched a career in biotechnology years later, his childhood fascinations turned him toward the field of synthetic ...

Earlier this year, scientists reported a breakthrough in biotechnology. A common bacterium was genetically engineered to convert plastic waste into the widely used painkiller paracetamol.

The research is opening new frontiers in pest control and evolutionary biology. An international group of scientists has uncovered a strange tubular structure within Profftella, a bacterium that lives ...

Now, a team of scientists in Japan may start turning the tide. They’ve hijacked the metabolism of a common bacterium, ...

Morin-based powder, derived from guava leaves, apple peel, and figs, can be gradually released using polymers and offers a ...

Bacteria are constantly moving with the help of motility organs called flagella or pili to colonize new niches. Also, ...

It is not only antibiotics but also certain viruses—known as bacteriophages—that can kill off pathogenic bacteria. However, ...

Commercial raw cat food, particularly products sold on shelves at room temperature, may pose a considerable health risk to ...

A common bacterium was genetically engineered to eat a plastic-derived molecule and then digest it to produce the everyday ...

Bates is welcoming a large group of new faculty this year. Seventeen tenured or tenure-track professors will join the college in the course of the 2025-2026 academic year. Bates News will introduce ...

They derive their energy from differences in the concentration of hydrogen ions across some of these membranes ...

The blood pressure-lowering effect of nitrate-rich beetroot juice in older people may be due to specific changes in their ...