Some bacteria can sense when they bump into each other and use these interactions to shape how the group organizes and moves.

Researchers at Gladstone Institutes have uncovered an unusual bacterial immune system that operates in reverse of known ...

Do bacteria mutate randomly, or do they mutate for a purpose? Researchers have been puzzling over this conundrum for over a century. In 1943, microbiologist Salvador Luria and physicist turned ...

We have become much more aware of all of the surfaces we touch daily and what kinds of germs can be on them. The Microbiology Lab at the Medical College of Georgia conducted an experiment with ...

Scientists are sending several strains of disease-causing bacteria to the International Space Station as part of the Crew-11 mission. This experiment isn't the plot to some cheesy horror film, but a ...

The International Space Station (ISS) hovers 250 miles above us, orbiting Earth at 17,500 miles per hour. So far, it has welcomed nearly 300 astronauts. And now, this remote outpost also receives ...

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Qi Zheng, Texas A&M University (THE CONVERSATION) Do bacteria mutate randomly, or do ...