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 ...

Researchers are determining how mechanosensor proteins in bacteria function to identify suitable conditions for establishing ...

In a lab in the heart of Boston, professor Bree Aldridge leads a team of researchers trying to understand a threat that is ...

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

Understanding how bacteria form communities ... are 100 times smaller than the cell itself. This challenge has been met by Lele's acquisition of a new microscope from supplementary funds.

Inspired by sea sponges, researchers created living micro-lenses from bacteria that may improve medical and industrial ...

Scientists have discovered two new methane-producing archaea in the human gut, revealing surprising links to inflammation and ...

“Many of these bacterial systems have been shown to be the evolutionary ... When the scientists isolated the higher density band and viewed it under a transmission electron microscope, they were ...