The DNA of nearly all life on Earth contains many redundancies, and scientists have long wondered whether these redundancies ...

A laboratory experiment suggests caffeine may boost E. coli’s antibiotic resistance. However, whether this discovery applies ...

Apart from carrying the information to encode proteins in, RNA molecules can adopt intricate 2D and 3D structures.

Ingredients of our daily diet—including caffeine—can influence the resistance of bacteria to antibiotics. This has been shown ...

A look beyond topography: Transient phenomena of Escherichia coli cell division captured with high-speed in-line force mapping. Science Advances, 2025; 11 (5) DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ads3010 ...

The team also observed a weak spot, less than 100 nm in diameter, in a dividing E. coli cell that ruptured, causing cell depressurization and death. Interestingly, the bursting cell caused ...