Bacteria operate by a pretty simple set of biological commands: survive and reproduce. But a recent study is highlighting that, in some cases, the microscopic organisms will follow those commands by ...

Kids who consume artificial and natural sweeteners like aspartame, sucralose, and glycyrrhizin may face an increased risk of ...

Parents, guardians and all who care for kids should check their medicine cabinets after a children’s cough syrup was recalled for a foodborne bacteria that can cause myriad problems. And, in ...

An international research team led by the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) has discovered a new strategy used by ...

image: Bacteria with organelles called carboxysomes stained in cyan. Magenta indicates positioning systems organizing the cell. view more Credit: Vecchiarelli lab, University of Michigan ...

Closely related bacterial species use different strategies to build their cell walls, an international team of scientists led ...

Newly published research finds that bacteria—and not just the kinds in our colons, but many types in many environments—use changes in calcium, controlled through a process called “self-organized ...

Bacteria cells in colonies that had previously swarmed were more prone to swarm again than those that hadn't, and their offspring followed suit for at least four generations—about two hours. On ...

“About 5 million kids in the U.S. get prescribed antibiotics for sinusitis each year, but antibiotics are not effective for children whose symptoms are not caused by bacteria, so these ...

Parents, guardians and all who care for kids should check their medicine cabinets after a children's cough syrup was recalled for a foodborne bacteria that can cause myriad problems.