Scientists create a biohybrid by combining E. coli with a metal-organic framework, enabling charge storage through microbial electron transfer. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Harnessing biological systems for ...

Like humans, bacteria live together in communities, sometimes lending a hand -- or in the case of bacteria, a metabolite or two -- to help their neighbors thrive. Understanding how bacteria interact ...

Understanding how bacteria interact is critical to solving growing problems such as antibiotic resistance, in which infectious bacteria form defenses to thwart the medicines used to fight them. Like ...

A research collaboration fusing fashion and science will send bacteria into space to create radiation-sensitive fabrics for skin cancer prevention on Earth and protection on the Moon. Examples of the ...