The unusual molecular makeup of Borrelia burgdorferi, which causes Lyme disease, may hold clues for understanding and treating the tick-borne disease.

Analysing the gene activity of every single bacterial cell in a colony? A new technique of single-cell transcriptomics developed in W rzburg can do this much more efficiently than other methods: It ...

Nine researchers from Utrecht have received funding in the 25th round of the NWO Open Competition ENW-XS. The grants (of up to 50,000 euros) are intended to enable small-scale, innovative and risky ...

Building a chromosome from scratch may sound like science fiction, but scientists have actually done it-and made it work. In ...

Eight artificial dyes will be eliminated from medications and the nation's food supply by the end of 2026, including those found in candy, ice cream, soft drinks and jams, according to Health and ...

Researchers led by a team from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich were able to identify two specific strains of bacteria more common in people with MS, and associated with the disease ...

But now it seems they may have another factor to worry about: too much artificial light. “You have light pollution in urbanised areas where you may also have a nutrient pollution problem ...

coli. Finally, the fluorescence images were processed by artificial intelligence system to obtain the result of bacterial concentration. Results: The AG-AI detection system, with wide linearity (10 ...

In late 2017, a mysterious object tore through our solar system at breakneck speed. Astronomers scrambled to observe the fast-moving body using the world's most powerful telescopes. It was found ...

However, these are not the only ways that bacteria can respond under stress. Bacteria can change the order of genes on their chromosome (the chromosome structure) and/or the three-dimensional ...