Researchers suggest the bacteria could be designed to detect pollution or nutrients, acting as sensors to help farmers ...

Contamination is one of the main roadblocks to successful cell culture. This article explores the different types of ...

Bacteria can be engineered to sense a variety of molecules, such as pollutants or soil nutrients. In most cases, however, these signals can only be detected by looking at the cells under a microscope ...

MIT scientists have found a clever new way to make bacteria send out signals that can be seen from far away—up to 90 meters.

Bacteriophages, or phages, viruses that selectively target and infect bacteria, have drawn growing attention for their ...

The Supreme Court has blocked an order for the Trump administration to return to work thousands of federal employees who were ...

The effect of saccharin on the microbiome has received much attention, but its impact on pathogenic bacterial species is less clear. This study reports the potential of saccharin to be developed as a ...