NASA discovered a bacteria that can ‘play dead’—and might have accidentally sent it to Mars

In 2013, NASA discovered a bacteria evading its most stringent disinfections. Scientists just figured out how it does it.

Bacterial motility helps uncover how self-propelled particles distribute in active matter systems

A collaborative team of physicists and microbiologists from UNIST and Stanford University has, for the first time, uncovered ...

DNA Identifies 2 Bacterial Killers That Stalked Napoleon’s Army

Genetic material pulled from 13 teeth found in a grave in Lithuania revealed infectious diseases that felled the French ...

Resistant Bacteria Are Advancing Faster Than Antibiotics

One in six laboratory-confirmed bacteria in 2023 proved resistant to antibiotic treatment, according to the World Health ...

UH scientists find NASA clean room bacterium ‘plays dead.’ Could other dormant germs be in hospitals?

Microbiologists at the University of Houston confirmed that a bacterium found in NASA spacecraft assembly rooms, called Tersicoccus phoenicis, will go dormant when it runs out of food.

New gene-editing tech repurposes bacterial retrons to correct large stretches of DNA

Some genetic disorders—such as cystic fibrosis, hemophilia and Tay Sachs disease—involve many mutations in a person's genome, ...
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A I-designed compounds can kill drug-resistant bacteria

An MIT team used artificial intelligence to design novel antibiotics, two of which showed promise against MRSA and gonorrhea.