The widespread use of antibiotics in industrial animal agriculture is contributing to the rise of antibiotic resistance, with ...

Bacteria get up to all sorts of strange things. As a result, they’ve evolved to produce an extensive range of small molecules ...

Cells are constantly on the move, whether in a developing embryo or metastatic cancer. But how do cells adapt to the new ...

The non-descript, pill-shaped cell is why we understand fundamental life processes (think DNA replication and transcription).

Recalls in the food and beverage industry due to contamination incidents can be catastrophic for a company. Not only do ...

The EdEN Lab helps teachers set up school gardens and provides resources to teach about nutrition, gardening and cooking ...

Biologists converted gut bacteria into miniature protein factories that manufacture and release a sustained flow of targeted proteins inside the lower intestines. This technique solves one of the ...

Researchers have discovered that naturally occurring gut microbes produce indoles—compounds that play a key role in ...

Choanoflagellates envelop and digest still smaller cells. Ocean ecosystems depend on these predators to consume plant-like ...

Wastewater from Gainesville has been used to develop a salmonella vaccine that has shown promising results in clinical trials ...

It's good news for anyone with dentures. Because dentists could grow human teeth within the next 20 years, experts predict.

Step inside Asst. Prof. Sam Light’s lab to learn how scientists are mapping the incredible network of microbes living inside ...