The research is opening new frontiers in pest control and evolutionary biology. An international group of scientists has uncovered a strange tubular structure within Profftella, a bacterium that lives ...

Biologists from ETH Zurich have discovered speargun- like molecular injection systems in two types of bacteria and have described their structure for the first time. The special nanomachines are used ...

The primary question driving research at the MPI-CBG since its inception has been how cells form tissues. Discover more here ...

Just as life pulsates in big vibrant cities, it also prospers in crowded environments inside cells. The interior of cells is ...

Researchers at the University of Toronto have discovered that bacteria can drive stem cell regeneration to repair the ...

Turning genes on and off is like flipping a light switch, controlling whether genes in a cell are active. When a gene is ...

The history of life stretches back untold eons. Today, there is a staggering array of organisms on Earth, with more species being discovered every year. The complexity of life, from the smallest ...