Bacteriophages, or phages, viruses that selectively target and infect bacteria, have drawn growing attention for their ...

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.

They’ve built a test that can identify deadly bacteria—quickly, accurately ... tools for telling one species from another—even if they look almost identical under a microscope. What sets this approach ...

Bacteria can be engineered to sense a variety of molecules, such as pollutants or soil nutrients. In most cases, however, these signals can only be detected by looking at the cells under a microscope ...