New England Biolabs (NEB®) today announced the release of the EnClose Cell-free dbDNA Synthesis Kit, developed in ...

Tiny, single-celled phytoplankton called Prochlorococcus marinus shed specific molecular building blocks that feed vast ...

Oxford Nanopore Technologies, the company delivering a new generation of molecular sensing technology based on nanopores, and ...

In its purest form (with no extra debris), liquid water can exist as a liquid until -40°C if left still (unmoving). In order ...

When bacteria cells replicate, they do so a little differently than human cells do. They don't undergo mitosis, a splitting ...

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a main cause of bacterial pneumonia worldwide. It can also cause ear and sinus infections and, in ...

When a virus infects a bacterial cell, the viral genome is the first component to be fully injected into the cell, making it an ideal immune target. A bacterial enzyme anchored to the membrane ...

Scientists have engineered probiotic bacteria to act as tumor-seeking drug factories. In mice, these bacteria infiltrated ...

Researchers have created the first living synthetic bacterium made from non-living parts by killing a bacterial cell and then ...

Figure 1: Southern-blot analysis of RT-PCR reactions for three gene transcripts. Figure 2: Immunoperoxidase staining of LL-37 in rectal biopsies during shigellosis using rabbit IgG antisera specific ...

In the quiet, rain-washed village of Boralugoda, where narrow streams slip silently through thick green undergrowth and the air carries the scent of wet earth, a remarkable story of science, ...

Fungi may be the key to weather manipulation, after researchers isolated a fungal protein that promotes ice formation.