New method reveals chemical signs of early microbial life in ancient Earth rocks, showing photosynthesis evolved much earlier ...

Researchers from the University of Glasgow developed AutoEnricher, a microfluidic and machine learning system that diagnoses ...

Scientists have long known that bacteria come in many shapes and sizes, but understanding what those differences mean has remained a major challenge, especially for species that can't be grown in the ...

iRIL-seq faithfully captures sRNA-target interactions. Credit: Nature Communications (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43632-1 In a study published in Nature Communications, Prof. Chao Yanjie's group at ...

It's important to know how microorganisms -- particularly pathogenic microbes -- grow under various conditions. Certain bacteria can cause food poisoning when eaten and bacterial growth in medical ...

Scientists assess bacterial growth trajectories to better predict infectious capacity and the conditions that aid proliferation. This article explores the key factors that influence bacterial ...

How are microbial communities, like those in the human gut and natural environment, fueling the spread of antimicrobial resistance? Here’s how. A new scientific review from Shenyang Agricultural ...

Drugs that act against bacteria are mainly assessed based on how well they inhibit bacterial growth under laboratory ...