It has been found that some deadly bacteria feed on nutrients in human blood, a newly discovered phenomenon that has been ...
Some of the world's deadliest bacteria seek out and feed on human blood, a newly-discovered phenomenon researchers are calling "bacterial vampirism." A new study led by the Harvard Pilgrim Health ...
High-profile news coverage that eLife papers generated in April 2024, including The Scientist, Nature World News, and StudyFinds.
A bacterial gene is the minimal contiguous stretch of DNA in a bacterium that contains the expressed and regulatory sequences sufficient to complement the function of a null mutation in trans.
Bacterial physiology is a scientific discipline that concerns the life-supporting functions and processes of bacteria, which allow bacterial cells to grow and reproduce. Atmospheric methane ...
A perspective review discusses the concept of the 'immune self' and how adaptive immune responses are influenced by self-similarity. The study emphasizes advances and challenges in defining self ...
When a single bacterial cell divides into two during periods of rapid growth, it doesn't split in half once it reaches a predetermined size. Instead, data has shown, a cell will divide once it has ...
Among them, the bacterial group SAR11 accounts for about a third of all the bacteria found in surface ocean waters. A unique collaboration between two UT Southwestern Medical Center labs—one ...
Shocking photographs show the mangled vehicles in the aftermath of the collision which took the lives of Thomas Ryder Shoup, 16, and Eileen Crawford, 67. Shoup, known as Ryder Day, was described ...
A study reveals that English-language song lyrics have become simpler and more repetitive over the last 40 years, while also growing more emotional and personal, reflecting shifts in music consumption ...