This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Bacteria may be single celled organisms but ...

In labs, bacterial colonies usually grow in streaks in petri dishes, but until now no one has known how the colonies organize themselves in more realistic three-dimensional (3-D) environments, such as ...

Bacteria are survivors, and they can find ways to get around stuff we use to kill them, like disinfectants and antibiotics. Scientists and clinicians are constantly trying to stay a step ahead of ...

Molecular Devices, LLC., a leading high-performance life science solutions provider, today launched the QPix ® FLEX ™ Microbial Colony Picking System. Building on the company’s 20-year legacy ...

Working in the lab, from left, are Michelle Flenniken, a postdoctoral scholar, Joseph DeRisi, PhD, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and professor of biochemistry and biophysics at UCSF, ...

In nature, strains of bacteria usually grow in colonies, and together, they are tougher. The vast number of microbes in the world have to compete for resources, and the competition can be brutal.

Bioscientists turn bacteria into self-assembling building blocks. The macroscale engineered living materials they form could be used to soak up targeted contaminants from the environment or as custom ...

Learn how octopuses use microbial signals to detect rotten food and unviable eggs.