A new gel made of carbon nanotubes and nanoparticles of silica woven together with strands of DNA has allowed researchers to tap into the power of certain electricity-producing bacteria.

“After about a decade of looking at the bacterial cell wall with AFM, I managed to image individual molecular sugar chains,” Turner stated on Twitter. Lead author Robert Turner achieved a breakthrough ...

Histones in eukaryotes form the core of a spool that compresses DNA by reeling in strands around 145 base pairs in length. The bacterial histone Bd0055 doesn’t appear to form a DNA-wrapping spool.

Clusters of a toxic bacterial protein have a surprising structure, differing from similar clumps associated with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s in humans, scientists report in the Feb. 24 Science ...

This breakdown process still requires that the bacteria and plastics find each other in the environment, though. So a team of researchers decided to put the bacteria in the plastic itself.

Bacteria engineered to copy DNA with synthetic base pairs ... The two pairings form different numbers of hydrogen bonds but keep the spacing between the two strands of DNA constant.

Some bacteria are known to produce their own electricity, which could make them useful in batteries and fuel cells. But so far, attempts have been inefficient and inflexible. Now, researchers at ...

Probiotics are a type of “good” bacteria that occurs naturally in the body. Here, we discuss the best probiotics for men that can help gut health and support fertility. Share on Pinterest ...

When the strands were lathered in a nitrogen-rich solution, bacteria ate them. Without nitrogen, they were held at bay. This is odd, because proteins (of which silk is made) are, themselves, rich ...

NEW YORK, February 26, 2019 - DNA replication is a complex process in which a helicase ring separates the DNA molecule's two entwined and encoded strands, allowing each to precisely reproduce its ...

The soil may teem with a hundred times more types of bacteria than realised – and pollution with heavy metals kills 99% of them. Close. ... If all the DNA strands were the same, ...

A group of British scientists believes people should be viewed as "superorganisms," made of conglomerations of human, fungal, bacterial and viral cells. It's a sensible view, given that human ...