A bacterium's built-in compass, explained: Single-cell magnetometry confirms Earth-field alignment

They use Earth's magnetic field to orient themselves. To better understand this mechanism, the team led by Argovia-Professor Martino Poggio from the Swiss Nanoscience Institute and the Department of ...

Why most flu infections fizzle: Fluorescent imaging shows transcription is a key bottleneck

For the first time, scientists have been able to watch the flu virus live as it infects human airway cells. They developed a ...

Strategic changes in water treatment could prevent disease outbreaks

A new study from researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities shows how strategic changes in water treatment effectively treated a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires' disease. For the first ...