Imagine one of Denmark's many picturesque beaches, the waves lapping against the shore, the golden sand and the smooth ...

New research reveals that bacteria form species and maintain cohesion through frequent DNA exchange within species. This ...

Methanol is metabolized into the natural gas methane by many microbes living under Earth’s surface, but its source has been unclear. It emerges that some bacteria convert formate molecules into ...

The evolutionary success of leaf beetles, the most varied herbivores on Earth, was investigated by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Max Planck Institute of ...

Aston Villa are set to sign Levante right-back Andres Garcia for a fee of around £6m. The 21-year-old currently operates in the second division in Spain with the Valencian club and has been ...

A day after a “mystery illness” claimed three more children in Baddal village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, experts investigating it have ruled out any viral, bacterial or microbial ...

Gene-edited soil bacteria can supply corn with up to 35 pounds of nitrogen per acre from the atmosphere during early growth, potentially reducing reliance on synthetic fertilizers.

Gene therapy has been available since 2022 for hemophilia B and since 2023 for hemophilia A, yet some major medical institutions have barely treated any patients so far. What’s the holdup ...

The biggest move of the January transfer window so far could be finalised today, so stick with TEAMtalk for all the latest updates. Our live blog will keep you up to date with the latest ...

Researchers at the University of Waterloo say they've made a breakthrough in introducing a new trait into bacteria found in wastewater, giving them the ability to break down microplastics.

Through genetic screenings of more than 9,000 bacterial mutants, the research team identified a key gene called fimE, which acts as an "off switch" for fimbriae production. MEcPP enhances the ...

The relationships between the immune systems of humans and bacteria are especially interesting, Whiteley says, because these four pathways are likely to have been passed to eukaryotes by horizontal ...