In a world overrun with plastic garbage, causing untold environmental woes, University of Houston assistant professor of ...

Franklin W. Stahl, an American molecular biologist whose landmark 1957-58 experiment with colleague Matthew Meselson revealed ...

In the fight against a devastating kiwifruit disease, scientists have discovered that the plant’s own microbiome may be its ...

Scientists are warning that a project aiming to build human DNA from scratch could lead to new types of warfare and is a ...

A study of twins reveals two gut bacteria linked to multiple sclerosis, offering new targets for future treatments.

Mitochondria have primarily been known as the energy-producing components of cells. But scientists are increasingly ...

Mitochondria are not just the powerhouses of the cell – they are the immune system’s watchtowers, alert to even the faintest metabolic signals of bacterial invaders. As researchers’ understanding of ...

Imported seafood may be spreading colistin-resistant “superbugs” into U.S. kitchens as a new study warns of rising antibiotic ...

Discover how genetics and diet shape the human gut microbiome, influencing health, metabolism, and disease risk. Explore ...

DNA gyrase operates like a tiny molecular machine, carefully twisting and stabilising bacterial DNA. This twisting, known as supercoiling, is similar to winding an elastic band: as it twists, it ...

Unexpectedly, Cingolani and Briani’s study revealed the virion-associated RNA polymerase is part of a genome ejection motor that pulls the DNA of the phage out of its head after the phage has attached ...

To look closer at this quality, the team in this new study sequenced the DNA of 87 structurally-colored bacteria and 30 colorless strains. They pinpointed the genes that are responsible for these ...