Many of us are on the lookout for simple swaps and lifestyle changes that can boost our health. One popular trend is using ...

A novel new test for bacteria in fluids makes it as easy as observing a color change to confirm the presence of ...

Pathogens have distinct electrical charges, shapes and sizes. Measuring how quickly they move through an electric field can ...

Because phages can burst bacteria open, they can give us quick access to the ... reliable alternatives such as the new test very useful, say the researchers, who hope to work with commercial partners ...

Engineers and biochemists at McMaster university have brought their skills together to make it possible for untrained users ...

Many of these beneficial bacteria break down complex molecules in the food we eat into simpler molecules using enzymes that our human cells don’t possess. They then pass off some of this useful energy ...

Engineers and biochemists have brought their skills together to make it possible for untrained users to confirm contamination in fluids using a biogel test that changes color in the presence of such ...

Robots designed by a bioengineer can accelerate a natural process to turn single-cell organisms into things that devour waste or create common medicines.

Microorganisms—bacteria, viruses and other tiny life forms—may drive biological variation in visible life as much, if not ...

understanding these interactions is key to using synthetic biology to build nature-inspired microorganisms useful for mining critical metals. The team will also assess how policies should be adapted ...

The researchers hypothesize that these mechanisms may also be useful to the host corals, helping them to fend off pathogens. Another possibility is that the bacteria provide nitrogen to their host ...

Bacteria associated with inflammation is found in the gut in higher amounts roughly ten months before patients develop clinical rheumatoid arthritis, a longitudinal study by Leeds researchers has ...