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A new part of an ocean plant cell has been discovered that might revolutionize farming one day. The structure can take ...

A team of scientists have elucidated an ancient mechanism of cellular respiration. To that end, they studied bacteria that feed on the gases carbon dioxide and hydrogen, and turn them into acetic acid ...

A groundbreaking study has revealed the presence of thousands of previously unknown microbes thriving in the hadal zone, the ...

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For years, public-health authorities downplayed the risk that pathogens could spread via droplets light enough to circulate ...

Researchers have genetically engineered microbes to produce a strong, flexible plastic similar to nylon for the first time.

More than 40,000 previously unknown gut microbes in African populations could completely change how medicines work for ...

In the microscopic world of bacteria, gene transfer is a powerful mechanism that can alter cellular function, drive antibiotic resistance and even shape entire ecosystems.

As a professor of pathology at the University of Michigan, Gabriel Nuñez’s life is dedicated to research on microbes and ...