Viruses attack nearly every living organism on Earth. To do so, they rely on highly specialized proteins that recognize and ...

A Dartmouth study finds that molecular hitchhikers living within bacteria can make their hosts extra resistant to medical ...

University of Toronto researchers have expanded our understanding of bacterial immunity with the discovery of a new protein ...

Biologists from ETH Zurich have discovered speargun- like molecular injection systems in two types of bacteria and have described their structure for the first time. The special nanomachines are used ...

Which flu viruses are infecting people sick in the prior year To what extent are those viruses spreading How well the previous flu vaccine protected against the flu virus How well the vaccine can ...

Biofilms are multicellular networks that can grow almost anywhere. These slime-encased microbial colonies can survive harsh conditions and develop resistance to antimicrobial agents such as ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

A bacteria-only sugar has become the Achilles’ heel that could help defeat deadly superbugs.

Scientists in Australia have uncovered a clever new way to fight some of the most dangerous drug-resistant bacteria by ...