Scientists at UC San Diego have successfully used bacteria to reproduce a unique pigment that allows octopuses to blend in ...

Rice That Turns Toxic Through Bacterial Spores The culprit behind reheated rice syndrome is a spore-forming bacteria called ...

Breweries nationwide create waste at several stages of the beer-making process. Repurposing parts of this waste could improve ...

Current demand for plastics and chemical raw materials is met through large-scale production of ethylene from fossil fuels.

Caltech researchers have reintroduced a classic technique to image the formation and growth of individual cells that make up biofilms, sticky masses of millions of cells that are often responsible for ...

A promising breakthrough in autoimmune disease research may open the door to safer and more effective treatments. Scientists ...

BEVs carry diverse molecular cargo that offers non-invasive biomarkers for early diagnosis and monitoring of PCOS and ...

A Jacobs School researcher is focused on learning more about how tight junctions form naturally — and how their breakdown can lead to disease.

Diverse microbial communities colonize plant roots. They feed on carbon-rich root exudates which contain a diverse mix of chemicals including primary and specialized metabolites. Here, we show that ...

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Many winners of the annual Lasker Awards have gone on to win a Nobel Prize in medicine or other fields. Lucy Shapiro of Stanford University was honored for her 55-year career investigating how ...

Peer ReviewDownload a summary of the editorial decision process including editorial decision letters, reviewer comments and author responses to feedback. Overflow metabolism refers to the widespread ...