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

Some cell-shocking facts about these microscopic organisms — they may lack bones, bravado, or branding, but they are among ...

Glycolysis is an ancient metabolic activity. It consists of a set of reactions that convert glucose into energy. This central ...

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

In a breakthrough with promising real-world applications, a team of Rutgers biophysicists, bioengineers, and plant biologists ...

This central process allows cells to grow, divide, and stay alive. It has accompanied life since its origin, from single cells to complex organisms ... even when grown under identical conditions ...

A total of three cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare and incurable brain condition, have been detected in Hood River ...

A study of about 250 patients in America, published in 2024 in the New England Journal of Medicine, linked the presence of ...

Neutrophils in urine extrude their DNA to create large webs that catch and kill pathogens.

Phages are among the simplest organisms on the planet. About a millionth of an inch in size, a fraction of most bacteria, phages become visible only under an electron microscope. A milliliter of ...

To the naked eye, the egg of the Anopheles gambiae mosquito is just a dark speck, but under ... up on a microscope slide. Hammond looks for the narrow end, where the germ line cells that will ...