Engineers have made bacteria to produce hyperspectral signals that can be detected as far as 90 meters away. Their work could lead to the development of bacterial sensors for agricultural and other ...

Biotechnology at Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany have genetically engineered bacteria to feast on nylon and transform it ...

Researchers suggest the bacteria could be designed to detect pollution or nutrients, acting as sensors to help farmers ...

A team discovers a new family of enzymes capable of inducing targeted cuts in single-stranded DNA A few years ago, the advent of technology known as CRISPR was a major breakthrough in the scientific ...

Gene editing and many other useful biotechnology tools came from studies of bacteria fighting off viral invaders. But ...

Researchers engineered bacteria to produce spectral pigments in response to environmental triggers. Using hyperspectral ...

Dutch diagnostics company Inbiome has secured the EU's In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR) certification for its rapid ...

For instance, some bacteria can only obtain nitrogen from inorganic ammonium sources while others do so from nitrogen-containing protein molecules. Advancements in industrial biotechnology and ...

MIT scientists have found a clever new way to make bacteria send out signals that can be seen from far away—up to 90 meters.

A new family of enzymes enables precise cuts in single-stranded DNA, offering powerful new tools for genetic engineering and ...

The findings were recently published in Nature Biotechnology. "We've long known that bacteria swap genes in ways that impact human health, biotechnology and environmental stability," said James ...

Could it be that one of only three known markers directly targeting the DNA does not exist outside the realm of microbes? Now ...