Cell division is an essential process for all life on Earth, yet the exact mechanisms by which cells divide during early ...

FtsZ is required for the formation of a ring structure, known as the Z ring, at the site of cell or organelle division. Contraction of the Z ring leads to fission of the cell or organelle. The FtsZ ...

Internet retail giant Amazon is making a big push into the neighbourhood watch world and now it even wants to report on local crime itself. This is what is indicated by a recent Amazon job listing, ...

A previously unknown mechanism of active matter self-organization essential for bacterial cell division follows the motto 'dying to align': Misaligned filaments 'die' spontaneously to form a ring ...

Bacterial cell division is an essential process that is not yet targeted by clinically approved antibacterials. However, it is an area of untapped potential, with antibacterial discovery efforts now ...

How bacterial cells divide in two is not fully understood. Physicists now show that, at high concentrations, a crucial protein can assemble into ring-shaped filaments that constrict the cell, giving ...