Mirror life, a concept involving synthetic organisms with reversed molecular structures, carries significant risks despite ...

Tiffany Taylor, professor of microbial ecology and evolution at the University of Bath in the U.K., recommends the books that ...

A research group has discovered an interesting way that bacteria adapt to their environment. Their study, published in ...

Cyanobacteria use an AM radio-like principle to coordinate cell division with circadian rhythms, encoding information through ...

Bacteria modify their ribosomes when exposed ... chemical tags that can alter the shape and function of the ribosome. Cells use these tags to fine tune protein production. The study found that ...

A new study suggests fat cells ... science reporter for Business Insider. Before becoming a writer, Marianne was a scientist studying how the body fights infections from malaria parasites and gut ...

Within a cell, DNA carries the genetic code ... Their results, which examine the process in bacteria, are published in the journal Science. "Understanding how the ribosome captures or 'recruits ...

Even a single cell is more complex than a ... It was thanks to molecular machines with motors that biology itself had to invent to transport energy and other resources from one place to another. The ...

Kidney cells can make memories too ... Andrea Tamayo is a Fall 2024 science writing intern at Science News. She holds a bachelor degree in microbiology and a master's degree in science communication.

Wenzel is a microbiologist working at the Department of Life Sciences with a focus on bacterial cell biology. Her specific research interest is the molecular interaction between antibiotics and ...

The industry ministry is contemplating promoting the use of perovskite solar cells to cover 20 gigawatts of electricity — the equivalent of 20 nuclear reactors — in 2040, officials said.