The dispersion of bacteria moving through porous environments follows an astonishingly simple and universal law. The Earth is populated by swimming microorganisms, such as bacteria, which ...

Experiments in mice show that some gut bacteria can absorb toxic PFAS chemicals, allowing animals to expel them through feces.

The increasing integration of AI software into various aspects of our daily lives has amplified the importance of evaluating the quality of these intelligent systems. The rapid proliferation of ...

The Sri Lanka Medical Council, as the sole regulator of medical professionals in Sri Lanka, has played a vital role in shaping the nature, quality, and character of medical professionals and the ...

Bacteria surpass us massively in numbers, total mass, replication time, and time of existence on earth. 232 Our inability to eradicate their pathogenic strains is, therefore, not surprising.

A troubling trend with global echoes and local implications By Dr Isuru U. Kariyawasam Senior Lecturer, Department of Botany, ...

Nosocomial infections caused by resistant Gram-positive organisms are on the rise, presumably due to a combination of factors including prolonged hospital exposure, increased use of invasive ...

The death of a horse from the Hendra virus in southeast Queensland, in what authorities say is the state’s first case of the ...

Plants produce a wide diversity of compounds. Broadly, these are separated into primary metabolites, which are necessary for ...

Scientists have studied a new target for antibiotics in the greatest detail yet—in the fight against antibiotic resistance.

Microbiome science has deep roots, centuries of fermentation practices, and decades of bacterial taxonomy, but its modern incarnation is only just maturing.

Soft corals, which are members of the class Octocorallia, are major components of marine ecosystems, including coral reefs.