To see how microgravity changes certain microbes, researchers sent bacteria-infecting viruses called bacteriophages to the ...

At Empa, an interdisciplinary research institute for materials science and technology within the ETH Domain, researchers are ...

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 ...

The research, published in Science Advances, brought together scientists from Otago and the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology. The team closely examined the molecular structure of Bas63, a ...

The genomes of phages—viruses that infect bacteria—are largely composed of "dark matter": genes that encode proteins whose functions remain unknown. Less than four years ago, a team led by Prof. Rotem ...

In an early animal test, a new nasal-spray vaccine has shown promise against a variety of germs and a common allergen, scientists report.