LOS ANGELES - With July 4 approaching, many Angelenos are making beach plans even as ash and debris from January's wildfires raise safety questions. Officials say the beaches are safe if visitors take ...

Washing healthcare uniforms at home might seem safe. But new research shows this common practice could actually be helping ...

Anaerobic bacteria were among the first life forms on Earth and existed at a time when there was no oxygen in the atmosphere.

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image: 'Death Star' bacterial syringe structure -- Metamorphosis Associated Contractile structures (MACs) discovered by SDSU marine microbiologist Nicholas Shikuma and his lab team.

Mitochondria have primarily been known as the energy-producing components of cells. But scientists are increasingly ...

The structure provides fascinating insight into the peculiar molecular features that bacteria have evolved to enable them to float in a watery environment, and it sheds light on the ingenious ...

"Chatter" between bacteria in a biofilm helps colonies to scavenge food and defend against threats like antibiotics. New research has shown that these signals are affected by the structure of the ...

Up on land, and at a tinier scale, are insects that rely on microbes to provide protection from environmental pathogens. The beewolf, a predatory wasp that kidnaps bees to feed to its own offspring, ...

Bacteria choose to swarm based on what happened to their great-grandparents. ... who studies bacterial structures called biofilms. In reality, bacteria frequently survive by working together.

Living in a house made of fungi and bacteria may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but researchers are now one step closer to eventually making it a reality, according to a new study.. A ...