Researchers have developed a new, loofah-like material that is fine enough to filter out viruses and bacteria from water, but strong enough to be used as a rigid construction material in devices.

Porous materials have a wide range of applications due to their capacity to act as filters, or lightweight structural ...

Nearly 368,000 pounds of Oscar Mayer turkey bacon products are being recalled over possible contamination with listeria ...

Although scientists have made significant progress in understanding the disease, there’s still no cure. That’s partly because ...

Koalas possess fingerprints that are remarkably similar to human fingerprints—so similar, in fact, that even under electron microscope examination, experts have difficulty distinguishing between koala ...

But in a surprise twist, recent research published by my colleagues and me has found that a protein from Helicobacter pylori – a bacteria best known for ... using a fluorescence reader and an electron ...

Researchers have developed a new method for preventing bacteria from adhering to surfaces, such as medical devices. It relies on the unique properties of resilin, a natural insect protein that ...

Nanotube bridge networks grow between the most abundant photosynthetic bacteria in the oceans, suggesting that the world is far more interconnected than anyone realized.

Nanotube bridge networks grow between the most abundant photosynthetic bacteria in the oceans, suggesting that the world is far more interconnected than anyone realized.

Asteroid Sample Was Quickly Taken Over By Life – In A Sterilized Environment! Pristine grains of asteroid Ryugu clearly were no match for Earth’s microbes.

Researchers who work with bacteriophages -- viruses that eat bacteria -- had a pleasant and potentially very important surprise after treating samples to view under an electron microscope: they ...