Introduction As of 2024, transportation is the leading greenhouse gas emitting sector in the United States at 14 million ...

A vivid new image is taking shape in the world of cell biology: Imagine bacteria adhering to the surface of a cell, perhaps at the site of an injury or wound. In response, a white blood cell arrives ...

Some bacteria deploy tiny spearguns to retaliate against rival attacks. Researchers mimicked attacks by poking bacteria with an ultra-sharp tip. Using this approach, they have uncovered that bacteria ...

In this process, bacteria are labeled as foreign bodies within cells, thereby signaling their destruction by the cellular recycling system. The study, titled "A family of bacterial Josephin-like ...

Immune cells that eat bacteria in the body don't stash them in specialized compartments as once thought, but turn them into critical nutrients that build proteins, create energy and keep the cells ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) White blood cells utilize significant force to detach bacteria from human tissues, a process involving integrin proteins that facilitate cell adhesion. Once ...

One of the key elements of that system is the proteasome, a structure that chops up proteins that are faulty or no longer ...

Bacteriophages, the most abundant life form on Earth, infect bacterial cells and influence the structure of the microbial ...

A new study from Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) has shown how the antibiotic-resistant bacteria Enterobacter can hide in human cells without alerting the body’s immune system. According to ...

Since January 2024, dozens of tuberculosis cases have been found around Kansas City. TB may seem like a disease of the past—but it’s still with us.

IN the past, considerable controversy has centred upon the interpretation of the observed optical heterogeneity of the secondary-cell walls of conifer tracheids when viewed between crossed Nicol ...