Closely related bacterial species use different strategies to build their cell walls, an international team of scientists led ...

When large marine animals like whales die, they sink down to the seabed. Once their flesh has been stripped away by ...

An engineer @UHouston has developed a way to turn bacterial cellulose — a biodegradable material — into a multifunctional ...

What bacteria is found in bottles? “These might be simple commensals such as streptococcus and staphylococcus, which normally live in symbiosis with their host (i.e. us) but can become problematic if ...

This important study introduces a Bayesian method to determine bacterial counts that accounts for the experimental noise inherent to dilution and plating methods, and distinguishes it from biological ...

By spinning bacteria in a controlled flow, scientists produce aligned cellulose sheets with tensile strength over 500 MPa.

Coral bleaching isn’t just an ocean crisis. Here’s how the global event endangers food security, local jobs—and the land ...

After a viral video showing Indian-origin New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani eating with his hands triggered a debate, ...

Despite being the primary food for more than half of the world's population, rice cultivation is very resource-intensive, ...

In the vast and often unseen world of microscopic life, a recent discovery may force scientists to rethink what it means to ...

Despite rice being the staple food for more than half of the world's population, its cultivation remains highly resource-intensive, requiring large ...

It has genes for ribosomes, tRNAs, and mRNAs. These components are the scaffolding of life: the tools by which cells read ...