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A grey-scale image of a bacterial colony that looks like the moon with grey tendrils coming out in all directions

Bacteria Wars: Kinship in the Swarm | The Scientist Digest

March 4, 2025

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Exploring the World of Bacterial Genomes with Novel Sequencing Methods | The Scientist

February 27, 2025

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Symbiotic Bacteria Ride Along with Marine Cells in Ocean’s Upper Layer

February 12, 2025

Students from WLSA Shanghai Academy watch DNA being sequenced in real time by ENGAGE-Bio postbaccalaureate scholar Jaden Hansen. Credit: Alex Megerle

“A Renewed Sense of Wonder”: Shanghai High Schoolers Experience The MBL

January 29, 2025

Cellular elongation at the tips of the filamentous bacteria Corynebacterium matruchotii. Credit: Chimileski et al (2024)

UChicago Research Roundup | UChicago Magazine

January 16, 2025

A ribonucleoprotein (a structure made of RNA and protein) within a diversity-generating retroelement (DGR). DGRs are mechanisms that allow microorganisms to edit their genes. A new study in Nature has revealed clues about how they work. Credit: Blair Paul, generated from an RNP structure in Handa et al., using Protein Data Bank Japan (PDBJ).

Uncovering Clues to a Natural Gene-Editing Technique

January 9, 2025

Northern Lights over Eel Pond.

2024: A Year of Discovery at MBL

December 31, 2024

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Some Bacteria in Your Mouth Can Divide Into As Many As 14 Cells at Once | ScienceNews

September 24, 2024

A colony of the dental plaque bacterium Corynebacterium matruchotii. (Scott Chimileski/Marine Biological Laboratory)

Bacteria in Your Mouth Reproduce in a Strange, Rare Way, Scientists Discover | ScienceAlert

September 11, 2024