Researchers have discovered how bacteria break through spaces barely larger than themselves, by wrapping their flagella ...

In tight spaces that trap most microbes, one bacterium keeps moving by reconfiguring how it swims, revealing a new biological ...

Researchers have discovered how bacteria break through spaces barely larger than themselves, by wrapping their flagella around their bodies and moving forward. Using a microfluidic device that mimics ...

When UNSW Associate Professor Shafagh Waters explains cystic fibrosis (CF) to the children she works with, she asks them to imagine what is happening inside their own bodies. "I tell them to picture ...

New study shows how bacteria adapted a virus-derived injection system to recognize and attach to many different types of ...

You might want to check in your laundry room to see whether you have one of the recalled stain removers in your cupboard.

How can bacteria squeeze through spaces narrower than a human hair is thick? A research team in Japan led by Dr. Daisuke ...

Florida’s palm trees are being increasingly jeopardized thanks to a disease that’s spreading through the state.

Protein folding helpers such as TRiC and prefoldin (PFD) are crucial for the correct folding of many essential proteins. In a Nature study, researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry ...

Lurking among them is a “giant” virus, a genetic behemoth that blurs the line between the living and the inanimate. When this ...

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, India’s first astronaut to fly to the International Space Station (ISS), has added another ...