Hundreds of different species of microbes live, laugh, and love in your gut. In the future, one of these might serve a new function: microscopic in-house pharmacist.

Experiments and modeling reveal the unexpected structure that can be seen in bacteria grown in mucus samples and biofilms. Scientists at Caltech and Princeton University have discovered that ...

Due to their similarities to bacteria, mitochondria can actually ... Remember that at that time, scientists could examine cells under the microscope, lyse them, and study the chemistry of cellular ...

Researchers use cryo-electron microscopy to reveal how sodium ions power bacterial flagellar motors, providing insights for ...

Nanotube bridge networks grow between the most abundant photosynthetic bacteria in the oceans, suggesting that the world is ...

A 3D rendering captured with a confocal microscope shows the development of serpentine "cables" as non-motile E. coli bacterial cells proliferate in a polymeric solution. Scale bars are included.

Let's take a look at how to observe cells under a microscope. No prizes for guessing the first thing you'll need: a microscope. But don't worry if you don't have one of your own. Ask your school ...

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The names themselves date back to 1884, when Danish bacteriologist Hans Christian Gram developed a staining procedure to view bacteria under the microscope. First, he applied a dye, called gentian ...