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 ...

Babies get a lot from their mothers. But babies born by cesarean section don't pass through the birth canal and miss out on the benefits from picking up Mom's microbes on the way out. Researchers ...

Using silver nanoparticles and portable Raman spectroscopy, researchers have created a rapid, cost-effective test that identifies dangerous bacteria in beef within minutes, a breakthrough that could ...

Your gut microbiome is like a thriving city of 100 trillion microscopic residents, invisible to the naked eye, living in your gut. No gut microbiome is the same – making yours truly one of a kind, ...

A world-first study has proven microbes essential for human health can survive the extreme forces of space launch. Space agencies are planning to send crews to Mars within decades but sustaining life ...