Phage - the friendly virus Phage science may sound new and exciting, but it is actually a century old idea stemming from the discoveries of Felix d'Hérelle and Frederick Twort in the 1910s.

At some point during the evolution of life on Earth, inorganic matter became organic, nonliving matter became living. How ...

You've probably seen monarch butterflies, and maybe monarch caterpillars, but there's a lot to learn about the monarch life ...

Chinese researchers have recently challenged the long-held belief that "all life depends on sunlight." In a study published ...

I'm on the hunt for a microbial saviour – a type of virus that can treat infections rather than cause them.We all know the viral bad guys – Covid, flu, norovirus, herpes, chicken pox, measles… the ...

By tracking plasmids that were selectively depleted, we identified over 100 candidate phage trigger- E. coli pairs. Two phage trigger proteins were investigated in detail, revealing a novel antiphage ...

Shelf Life Season 2 Episode 1 | 55m 7s | CC Shane travels from New York City to rural Thailand to explore the Human Footprint of the supermarket – a 20th century innovation that transformed our ...

Use social media, talks, blogs and podcasts to raise awareness about antimicrobial resistance and push for wider access to life-saving phage treatments, writes Sabrina Green.

A controversial 2010 study that suggested bacteria could grow using arsenic instead of phosphorus has been retracted by the ...

At some point during the evolution of life on Earth, inorganic matter became organic, nonliving matter became living. How ...