Calcium, a mineral involved in wound healing, can strengthen the attachment between microbe and skin and make infections hard to shake.

NC State scientists are studying a bacteria that breaks down PET, the plastic used in some water bottles and clothing. They've engineered the bacteria to break PET down more efficiently and the ...

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In this week’s Science for All newsletter, Priyali Prakash explains how microbes affect chocolate’s final flavour profile at ...

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This research underscores how biology and computation are merging. Generative AI — already used to design proteins and ...

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Enzymes are important tools, and a new technology combining microbiology and AI has exciting potential to advance their use in many applications ...

For a long time, gene loss was seen as a kind of biological decay, but a new study shows it can be just the opposite: a smart ...

In a breakthrough that pushes the boundaries of synthetic biology, researchers have for the first time used artificial ...

A study published in JAMA Psychiatry looks at an association between soft drink consumption and depression mediated by gut microbiome changes. Dr Rachael Rigby, Senior lecturer in Biomedical and Life ...

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at the architect of China’s “sponge cities,” generating electricity with ...