Scientists recreated the origins of one of life's most important partnerships, uncovering how symbiotic relationships can ...

Imagine a city under constant threat from invaders. The city's defense system deploys a sophisticated anti-missile defense ...

This accomplishment, a ... Plastic-Free Vegan Leather That Dyes Itself Grown from Bacteria Apr. 3, 2024 — Researchers have genetically engineered bacteria to grow animal- and plastic-free ...

The researchers were able to grow organoids using Invasin, a protein produced by bacteria. This study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on 30 December, shows that ...

Canadian researchers are now engineering bacteria to help tackle the growing environmental impact of microplastics.

A community of bacteria will interact and exchange DNA ... a postdoctoral scientist in LLNL's Biosciences and Biotechnology Division. "If we could selectively target the strangers, we could ...

These bacteria perform a trick that could keep plants healthy Date: January 2, 2025 Source: Princeton University, Engineering School Summary: Engineers showed that some types of soil bacteria can ...

Yale researchers uncovered the molecular machinery behind nanowire assembly in microbes, enabling advances in electricity ...

A new study from the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology describes a novel biological method ... Our process uses enzymes to break down these materials into basic building blocks, which bacteria can ...

More information: Aaron Yip et al, Degradation of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics by wastewater bacteria engineered via conjugation, Microbial Biotechnology (2024). DOI: 10.1111/1751 ...

So far, this flipped biological universe only exists in individual molecules. But they could one day—potentially, in just a decade—be used to build mirror bacteria. This month, dozens of scientists ...

A study has introduced a novel bioprocess that transforms CO2 and electricity into single-cell protein (SCP), a sustainable ...