Decades-old hospital samples have helped University of East Anglia (UEA) researchers uncover how a deadly ...

A prototype cell partly capable of replicating itself has been created using 36 existing bacterial genes, but it's not really a living organism – yet ...

ZBiotics launched its pre-alcohol shots D2C in 2019, started selling on Amazon in 2023, and is now expanding into brick-and-mortar retail.

Scientists built a synthetic cell that combines more lifelike properties than ever before — proof of concept that it’s possible to bring nonliving materials to life, or something close to it, in the ...

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Background The ocean harbors an immense, largely untapped diversity of microorganisms—bacteria, fungi, yeasts, thraustochytrids, and microalgae—whose ...

Scientists have uncovered thousands of bacterial DNA fragments hidden inside cockroaches for millions of years. The ...

In all, the megacluster provides a sophisticated siege on an essential pathway in many bacteria, including Streptomyces’ foes ...

The Plasma Care UVC technology developed by South Korean carmakers Hyundai and Kia promieses to kill 99.99 percent of ...

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Researchers found that highly drug-resistant bacteria from hospitals are also resistant to glyphosate, a commonly used ...