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Researchers have discovered how bacteria break through spaces barely larger than themselves, by wrapping their flagella around their bodies and moving forward. Using a microfluidic device that mimics ...

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, India’s first astronaut to fly to the International Space Station (ISS), has added another ...

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Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla's new avatar is ready. Apart from being an astronaut and the first Indian to fly to the International Space Station (ISS), he is also a scientist now.

How can bacteria squeeze through spaces narrower than a human hair is thick? A research team in Japan led by Dr. Daisuke Nakane and Dr. Tetsuo Kan at ...

A bacterial cell settles onto a nondescript surface. It is plump, healthy and functioning as it should. Nothing appears amiss ...