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 ...

Despite rapid advances in reading the genetic code of living organisms, scientists still face a major challenge today—knowing ...

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 ...

Engineers and biochemists have brought their skills together to make it possible for untrained users to confirm contamination in fluids using a biogel test that changes color in the presence of such ...

Currently, most vitamins are produced in factories, either synthetically or with the help of microorganisms that are not ...

A technology that enables the simple on-site detection of airborne antibiotic-resistant bacteria has been developed. This breakthrough is expected to lead to a paradigm shift in infectious disease ...