Bacterial cells have colonized every part of our world. But even though some can evade disinfectants to live in NASA cleanrooms, others are very challenging to grow in the lab environment. Scientists ...

The University of Texas at Arlington has awarded funding to research teams to launch new investigative projects. The Research Enhancement Program (REP), administered by UTA’s Office of Vice President ...

Cement manufacturing and repair could be significantly improved by using biocement-producing bacteria, but growing the microbes at construction sites remains a challenge. Now, researchers report a ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Deep beneath the waters of Costa Rica, dozens ...

A new report from the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, has raised alarm over a sharp jump in drug-resistant infections. Cases linked ...

Experiments and modeling reveal the unexpected structure that can be seen in bacteria grown in mucus samples and biofilms. Scientists at Caltech and Princeton University have discovered that bacterial ...