Colibactin is a powerful toxin produced by Escherichia coli and other bacteria living in the human gut. This highly unstable ...

A closeup look at colibactin’s structure reveals chemical motifs that guide its mutation-wreaking “warheads” to specific stretches of DNA.

Small, cancer-associated DNA circles "hitchhike" on chromosomes during cell division to spread efficiently to daughter cells ...

Termite pellets can linger long after the insects that dropped them have disappeared. By testing for microbes in the ...

Archaeologists working in the Southern Ural Mountains have uncovered an unexpected clue about how an ancient plague once ...

Phoenix, Ariz, December 11th, 2025, FinanceWireWith periodontal disease affecting more than four in ten American adults and ...

Scientists have recently been learning more about the importance of small bits of circular genetic material known as ...

By testing for microbes in termite excrement, researchers can distinguish old droppings from fresh, and whether a colony is ...

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

Researchers from ETH Zurich have succeeded in introducing large quantities of unnatural amino acids into bacteria, enabling ...

Evo’s success wasn’t limited to proteins. When they tested a different toxin that had an RNA-based inhibitor, the system ...

Louis XIV, who was the King of France and the longest reigning monarch in European history, died on Sept. 1, 1715 ...