Wearable and implantable biosensors that can accurately detect biological molecules in a non- or minimally invasive manner ...

Microplastics provide an excellent bacterial breeding ground that may be contributing to the growing problem of ...

The biofilm begins to dispel the notion that bacteria ... The individual cell averages just one micrometer in size (for context, an average human hair diameter is 100 micrometers) but owing ...

Researchers keep finding microplastics in more parts of our bodies — and linking them to more health ill effects.

Biofilm formation also increases the risk of human illnesses and therefore needs to be well understood to enable safe, long-duration, human space missions. The Space Biofilms project aims to ...

The researchers will immerse plastic films in freshwater samples (taken from a canal in Lowell) and expose them to ...

Biofilms, ubiquitous bacterial communities embedded in a slimy matrix, are the oldest form of multicellularity on earth; they are extremely resistant to antibiotics and stick tenaciously to most ...

A recent study by Dr. Ashwin Ambi and the team has revealed a promising solution to the challenge of bacterial infections ...

Since biofilm-related diseases are the main reason ... Catherine's expertise is microbiology of the human gut and impacts on health, development of bioinformatics techniques for analysis of ...

Preventing biofilm formation in space Ashley Keeley, University of Idaho, holds an anti-bacterial coating sample.University ...