USC researcher Mohamed El-Naggar demonstrates how some bacteria grow electrical wires that allow them to link up in big biological circuits.
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.
Research Associate, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Age: 27
Discoveries of microbial communities that transfer electrons between cells and across relatively long distances are launching a new field of microbiology.
Researchers find zero evidence for Lyme-induced autism.
Double helix celebrates 60; detecting calories without taste; bacteria vs. tumor; perceptual consciousness in babies
A newly developed drug, modeled after a bacteria-infecting virus, is less likely to become antibiotic resistant.
Physicist-turned-oncologist Robert Austin argues that cancer is a natural consequence of our rapid evolution.
Professor, Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology. Age: 40