Joe Bondy-Denomy solves a CRISPR caper: this is how a viral protein stows itself on protein factories in bacteria, and destroys a CRISPR protein, designed to kill viruses, while it's being made.

Petrichor, the earthy aroma after rainfall, is a sensory bridge between the microscopic world of soil microbes and the human experience of memory and emotion. Rooted in the chemistry of geosmin, plant ...

Colorectal cancer is on the rise among young adults. An international research effort led by UC San Diego bioengineers has uncovered that DNA mutations arising during early childhood from a bacterial ...

The bacterium Segatella copri is one of the most common inhabitants of the human gut. In their latest study, researchers at ...

El Mouali, Y., Tawk, C., Huang, K.D., Sivapornnukul, P., Mengoni, C., Segata, N., Strowig T. Biogeography-associated emergence of enhanced oxygen tolerance in the abundant human gut commensal ...

Plants have evolved fascinating partnerships with microbes to capture nitrogen from the air and turn it into a usable form for growth. From legumes hosting bacteria in root nodules to fungi trading ...

In the rapidly evolving field of immunomodulation, few compounds have garnered as much interest for their precision as the ...

Cyanobacteria—ancient microbes that oxygenated Earth and made complex life possible—are still revealing surprises billions of years later. Scientists have now discovered that a molecular system once ...

Scarisoara Ice Cave in Romania. Credit: Paun V.I. Bacteria lurk everywhere. However, it’s only after researchers retrieve them from the most remote corners of the Earth that we can learn more about ...

RNA polymerase, the enzyme that synthesizes RNA from DNA during transcription, has been captured mid-reaction for the first ...

Researchers have uncovered a previously hidden layer of complexity in how genes are activated, showing that water molecules ...