New study shows how bacteria adapted a virus-derived injection system to recognize and attach to many different types of ...

Common gut bacteria use protein delivery systems to interact directly with human cells, reshaping how scientists view the ...

Biologists from ETH Zurich have discovered speargun- like molecular injection systems in two types of bacteria and have described their structure for the first time. The special nanomachines are used ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

PHILADELPHIA - By combining two techniques, an international team of scientists led by researchers at The Wistar Institute has derived the "quasi-atomic" structure of a common bacteriophage, a type of ...

Research published in PLOS Pathogens highlights a cell wall-driven trigger of joint inflammation, pointing to new ways to target Lyme arthritis ...