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University of Chicago scientists rewired Bifidobacterium longum to pump SumIL-2 inside tumors, suppressing pancreatic cancer growth in mouse models.

MIT engineers wired 24 bacterial colonies into a living adder circuit, a step toward embedding computation inside plants.

A microbiologist who writes best selling sci-fis argues AI may deserve rights today! Joan Slonczewski’s strange universe—talking microbes, shared cognition, and ethical machines—pushes the debate far beyond Silicon Valley.

Can bacteria teach us how to truly connect brains with AI? What if the future of brain‑computer interfaces depends not on silicon, but on the electrical language of life itself?

Scientists have found new ways to genetically engineer living materials and change how these materials act when stretched or squeezed.

Researchers have decoded the secret life of E. coli bacteria, which store information, coded in iron level, about when to form swarms to infect people