Bacteria may offer an unexpected way to immobilize uranium in contaminated water. Uranium contamination is difficult to ...

Most people picture the bathroom as the germiest room in the house, and it’s easy to see why. Yet when microbiologists ...

A U.S. Navy microbiologist found 14 new bacteria-eating viruses that could help fight drug-resistant infections and gave them Texas names.

A new tool has just vastly broadened the scale at which researchers can study these proteins, promising to speed basic ...

It took two scientists decades to find a new nitrogen-fixing organelle. It could change the future of sustainable agriculture ...

The goal of creating synthetic cells is not to replace nature, but to learn more deeply about biology and reengineer it to ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have found a key to developing a vaccine against one of humankind’s oldest ...

Researchers at the University of Münster and Ruhr University Bochum have demonstrated for the first time in real time that the body's own defense cells use catecholamines—neurotransmitters such as ...

Created from 150 components, including lipids, ribosomes, enzymes, and DNA, in the lab. At the core of the design are 36 ...

In this case, the gene encoding T7 RNA polymerase was added to the SpudCell genome, and it was made by those artificial cells ...

Scientists built a synthetic cell that combines more lifelike properties than ever before — proof of concept that it’s possible to bring nonliving materials to life, or something close to it, in the ...

Scientists discovered a protein secreted by a deep-sea extremophile—an organism adapted to extreme environmental ...