Even in an environment as seemingly simple as a drop of water, bacteria can organize themselves into complex patterns or arrangements. Through ...

Your shower head and the pipes leading into it are a haven for bacteria and fungi. But some simple tricks can flush them down ...

Researchers have discovered that biofilms, bacterial communities found throughout the living world, are far more advanced than previously believed. Scientists found that biofilm cells are organized in ...

Bacterial fragments called peptidoglycans may influence daily sleep patterns and also affect the brain health cycle strongly.

New CU Boulder research shows that bacteria harness physical laws to operate at the edge of chaos and use calcium to independently diversify and find a place to settle down Let’s talk about the ...

In this latest investigation, neuroscientists Erika English and James Krueger, from Washington State University (WSU), used ...

Swypes is more than a phone wipe — it's a movement to close the biggest gap in modern hygiene. Founded on the belief that ...

Researchers have identified a novel mechanism by which bacteria form membrane vesicles, which bacteria employ to communicate with each other or to defend themselves against antibiotics. By studying ...

Over the past several years, research from University of California San Diego biologist Gürol Süel’s laboratory has uncovered a series of remarkable features exhibited by clusters of bacteria that ...