A bacterial cell settles onto a nondescript surface. It is plump, healthy and functioning as it should. Nothing appears amiss ...

For over a century, scientists have been fascinated by bacteriophages, the tiny viruses that naturally hunt and kill bacteria. University of Otago researchers are turning to these microscopic ...

Iron is an essential trace element in biological cells. The concentration of the element and its so-called redox state—it can ...

Key Points Years of studying natural surfaces-like the nanopillared wings of cicadas and dragonflies-have revealed a powerful ...

What do tears, semen, menstrual blood, breast milk and animal feces have in common? They’ve all been under Montreal ...

Aleksei Borisyuk not only researches microelectronic materials but is also developing an original approach to modifying cells using nanoparticles. This method could become a significant addition to ...

Gertzen; A Novel Biosensor for Ferrous Iron Developed via CoBiSe: A Computational Method for Rapid Biosensor Design; ACS Sensors (2026) DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.5c02481 ...

A new kind of microscope is giving scientists a way to watch life inside cells with a clarity that feels almost unfair.

Whether in the human body or on surfaces, bacteria protect themselves from outside attackers using biofilms. Physicist ...

"Microgravity pushed evolution into corners of the phage we still don't fully understand" ...

That’s only one problem. Your immune system also has an adaptive system of specialized immune cells and antibodies that attack and destroy invading microbes. This system remembers what those intruders ...