One, two, three, four . . . . Counting colonies and plaques can be tedious, but tools exist to streamline the process.
One, two, three, four . . . . Counting colonies and plaques can be tedious, but tools exist to streamline the process.
USC researcher Mohamed El-Naggar demonstrates how some bacteria grow electrical wires that allow them to link up in big biological circuits.
Shewanella bacteria generate energy for survival by transporting electrons to nearby mineral surfaces.
Alfred Russel Wallace, Darwin’s unheralded codiscoverer of the theory of evolution by natural selection, found inspiration in the specimens he collected on his travels.
Research Associate, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Age: 27
By varying the size of their steps, dynein motor proteins work effectively as teams to carry heavy loads around the cell.
American naturalist Louis Agassiz had a zeal for collecting that encouraged a nation to engage with nature.
Discoveries of microbial communities that transfer electrons between cells and across relatively long distances are launching a new field of microbiology.