Researchers identify a shared RNA-protein interaction that could lead to broad-spectrum antiviral treatments for enteroviruses ...

Where fine-tuning arguments for the existence of God from design in the cosmos are called Teleological Arguments, arguments ...

Darwinian evolution says that complex systems arise through numerous successive, slight modifications that benefit the ...

Cholera is a deadly bacterial disease that kills about 95,000 people every year. Vibrio cholerae bacteria infect cells in the small intestine, which the bacteria can do in part due to their ...

Research led by the University of Auckland has cast light on the evolutionary origins of one of nature's first motors, which developed 3.5 billion to 4 billion years ago to propel bacteria. Scientists ...

Cells are the basic building blocks of life—the smallest units that can do all the jobs a living thing needs. Most cells fit into two groups: prokaryotes and eukaryotes. The most significant ...

Introduction: Pristine soil, ornithogenic soil, intertidal sediment, and marine sediment represent four of typical habitats in the Fildes region, maritime Antarctica. However, information on bacterial ...

The tail of a bacterial cell, known as a flagellum, allows the cell to propel itself through liquid. The flagellum is made of a hook, a basal body that acts as the motor, and a helical filament that ...

ABSTRACT: This study investigated the effects of soil physicochemical properties on bacterial community structure and function in tobacco rhizosphere (GJ) and bulk soil (GW), aiming to elucidate key ...

An underwater robot can delicately propel itself in any direction with its 12 flexible arms, inspired by the flagella of bacteria. Its creators claim it can carry out underwater inspections without ...

When speaking of motors, most people think of those powering vehicles and human machinery. However, biological motors have existed for millions of years in microorganisms. Among these, many bacterial ...

This video presents a study in which, using cryo-electron microscopy, researchers determined the structure and mechanisms of a key component in the flagellar motor, which bacteria use to turn their ...