One of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet is closer than you think -; right inside your mouth. Your mouth is a ...

New research has uncovered an extraordinary mechanism of cell division in Corynebacterium matruchotii, one of the most common bacteria living in dental plaque. The filamentous bacterium doesn't just ...

For many creatures, having a limb caught in a predator’s mouth is usually a death sentence. Not starfish, though—they can ...

Despite their major contributions, several pioneering women scientists, including Rosalind Franklin and Lise Meitner, remain underrecognized for their key discoveries in fields such as genetics and ...

Any organism that lives, grows and reproduces must also age. People often think of aging in the physical sense—gray hair, ...

In summary, these BLI data demonstrate that B. subtilis MinD is capable of binding membrane in both monomeric and dimeric form, while the presence of ATP in the binding pocket appears to affect both ...