A group of scientists from the Department of Chemical Enzymology of the Faculty of Chemistry of Moscow State University analyzed and described for the first time the prospects of combining two types ...

Researchers have demonstrated that the absolute number of cells is irrelevant to the process of bacterial quorum sensing; only the number of bacteria in a given volume plays a role. They were even ...

Community Health Systems' planned spinoff of a portfolio of hospitals and a management company is reflective of how several forces are changing how executives think about running hospitals -- both as ...

Bacteria can act in a concerted manner by coordinating the gene expression of populations above a certain cell density through the production and sensing of small diffusible signalling molecules ...

Researchers have utilized computational modeling to mimic such quorum sensing behavior in synthetic materials, which could lead to devices with the ability for self-recognition and self-regulation.

PITTSBURGH (July 25, 2017) ... From the smallest cell to humans, most organisms can sense their local population density and change behavior in crowded environments. For bacteria and social insects, ...