A study published in 2022 revealed a tenuous but plausible link between picking your nose and increasing the risk of ...

Outdoor shoes carry bacteria, allergens and toxic chemicals – many of which are linked to serious health concerns, Manal ...

Bacteria, which are susceptible to infection by bacteriophages, often carry multiple genes encoding anti-phage defense ...

The development and spread of antibiotic resistance represents one of the greatest threats to global health. To overcome ...

Plants know how to defend themselves against pathogenic microorganisms. In turn, pathogens have sensors to detect such ...

An antibiotic that is commonly used for urinary tract infections effectively treated gonorrhoea, and may even work against ...

Engineers have made bacteria to produce hyperspectral signals that can be detected as far as 90 meters away. Their work could lead to the development of bacterial sensors for agricultural and other ...

Researchers suggest the bacteria could be designed to detect pollution or nutrients, acting as sensors to help farmers ...

Researchers are almost ready to start testing a methane-eating bacteria that could help cut emissions from landfills.

A chemical radar allows bacteria to sense and eliminate predators. Investigating how microorganisms communicate deepens our ...

Inspired by sea sponges, researchers created living micro-lenses from bacteria that may improve medical and industrial ...

The researchers used a special group of mice that were genetically more likely to develop pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma ...