Blow up a long balloon and two things happen: it gets longer and it gets wider. Now imagine a living cell that inflates itself under enormous pressure and yet only grows longer, never adding width.

Researchers simulated nearly every molecule in a bacterial cell — and then watched the cell grow and reproduce.

Hydrogels are soft, jelly-like materials that can absorb large amounts of water. They are widely used in medical technologies such as contact lenses and wound dressings, and are also a staple of ...

Flour choice shapes the bacteria in sourdough starters, even though the same yeast dominates across all types.

A strain of bacteria found in a Romanian ice cave is resistant to ten modern antibiotics, according to a new study. Frozen bacteria kept for 5,000 years in an underground cave have been found to be ...

University of Warwick scientists has found that firmer, lower water content hydrogels limit bacterial growth, with implications for designing antibacterial coatings, infection models, and advanced ...

Wastewater contains untapped resources that, if reclaimed, could power agriculture, global sanitation, and its own treatment ...

For the first time, researchers measured the magnetic pull inside a single bacterium, turning a biological mystery into hard numbers.

Several years worth of findings from a floating laboratory have tapped into a well-stocked coral library of taxonomic, ...

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