Engineers have derived potent new antibiotics from a frog's secretions. The new molecules demonstrated capabilities on par with existing last-resort antibiotics, without harming human cells or ...

A new study reveals plants, fungi, bacteria, protists, and even some viruses deploy venom-like mechanisms, similar to that of venomous snakes, scorpions and spiders, according to researchers at Loma ...

Bacteria steal DNA from silent viruses and use it like a memory bank. That memory helps them protect future generations.

New research sheds light on one of the biggest questions in biology: where did complex life come from? The answer may lie ...

The discovery sheds light on how certain bacteria -- including strains that cause food poisoning and anthrax -- form spores for survival.

In the microscopic world of bacteria, gene transfer is a powerful mechanism that can alter cellular function, drive ...

About two-thirds of us have it in our bodies, but for most people, the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori for short) ...

"Probiotics are live microorganisms, often called 'good bacteria,' that help maintain a healthy balance in your gut by promoting the growth of beneficial bacteria and suppressing harmful ones ...

It took on a comma shape, drawing in moisture all the way from the Bahamas, and dumping it into an Arctic air mass in place over the Mid-Atlantic and East Coast. Mashable Light Speed Want more out ...

Meanwhile, Commas at Ellsworth Place is inching closer to its opening. Though an official date is not set, Ellsworth Place representative Jenn Buonanotte told MoCo360 that furniture and signage should ...

A new species of bacteria shapeshifts into a long thread-like form in a never-before-seen technique to spread from cell-to-cell within its roundworm host. A research team from San Diego State ...

Round spheres, straight rods, and twisting corkscrews, bacteria come in many different shapes. The shape of bacteria is dictated by their cell wall, the strong outer barrier of the cell. As bacteria ...