1+ hour, 6+ min ago   (521+ words) Bacteria are famous for forming patterns, from the concentric rings of Proteus colonies to the branching networks that motile microbes paint across agar plates. Now researchers at Columbia University have turned one of biology’s most familiar workhorses, Escherichia coli, into…...

4+ hour, 59+ min ago   (707+ words) Detecting dangerous bacteria in a patient’s sample can take hours or even days, and the fastest molecular tests demand expensive laboratory infrastructure and highly trained staff....

9+ hour, 56+ min ago   (680+ words) Natural killer cells have long been celebrated as the swift, unsung assassins of the immune system, capable of detecting and destroying tumor cells without the elaborate priming that T cells require....

15+ hour, 10+ min ago   (334+ words) Given the right conditions, certain types of cells are able to self-assemble into new lifeforms after the organism they were once part of has died....

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (278+ words) University of Rochester researchers have found that a protein long associated with chronic inflammation and aging may also play an important protective role, complicating efforts to target it in therapies for age-related disease. The protein, known as cGAS, can detect…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (350+ words) Many diseases begin with changes that occur at the level of individual cells. Genetic mutations, altered signaling pathways, and abnormal responses to environmental factors can all contribute to disease development. Developing a new medicine involves extensive testing before a potential…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (90+ words) {“title”:”Gut Microbes Shape Bat Immunity Differently in Males and Females”,”excerpt”:”A new study of the lesser long-nosed bat reveals that gut bacterial communities are linked to systemic humoral immunity in patterns that differ sharply between males and migrating…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (209+ words) Biology – the study of living things – can admittedly be a little reductive at times....

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1081+ words) In September 2026, MIT researchers announced that they had engineered colonies of bacteria to behave like transistors: the tiny switches at the heart of every electronic device. Printed onto an agar plate in precise arrangements, these living colonies form “circuit boards…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (433+ words) By Mike May, PhD A key to modern media optimization comes from knowing that different cell types need different media. [Westend61 / Getty Images] Cell culture has come a long way since then. That complexity was the focus of a recent discussion…...