Aude Bernheim is a microbiologist studying how bacteria defend against viruses. She earned her PhD at the Pasteur Institute ...

All life on Earth can be traced back to a Last Universal Common Ancestor, or LUCA—and it likely lived on Earth only 400 ...

The first phase of the MEER research was a joint effort of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the Institute of Deep-sea Science ...

Some Pseudomonas species use specialized microscopic membrane devices to fight back against competing bacteria.

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Their discovery showed that even tucked away in our innards – in the walls of our stomachs, subjected to vinegar-like pH ...

"Sinkholes are most common in what geologists call, 'karst terrain'," the US Geological Survey explains. "These are regions ...

Chinese scientists are mapping the deepest marine ecosystem, uncovering the secrets of life on the ocean floor, Azernews ...

Given the growing antibiotic resistance crisis, novel ways to target bacterial infections are becoming increasingly important. One potential strategy is to manipulate bacterial genes at the ...

A group of Chinese scientists have unveiled the survival mechanisms of mysterious life in the Mariana Trench, Earth's deepest ...

A recent study finds that algae can store nutrients, potentially allowing them to spread across more of the ice sheet, ...

Multidrug-resistant bacteria pose a major threat to human health. Manipulation of bacterial genes at the transcriptional level is a potential strategy to fight antibiotic-resistant bacterial ...