Cambridge researchers have shown how commonly used sweeteners slow the growth of certain gut bacteria. One sweetener in ...

Researchers tested 39 commonly used sweeteners on 25 different types of gut bacteria in laboratory experiments.Many ...

One widely used sweetener had a surprising impact when paired with a common medication.

The bacterium Rhodococcus ruber eats and actually digests plastic. This has been shown in laboratory experiments by Ph.D. student Maaike Goudriaan at Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ ...

Engineered living materials promise to aid efforts in human health, energy and environmental remediation. Now they can be built big and customized with less effort. Bioscientists at Rice University ...

Thanks to lab-grown miniature intestines, researchers at Uppsala University have successfully mapped how aggressive Shigella bacteria infect the human gut. The study opens the door to using cultured ...

What if there were a way to make proteins, enzymes and reagents right in the lab, in small amounts, on demand? Microscopic images of E.coli bacteria. Image courtesy of the Center for Disease Control.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lab-made ‘mirror bacteria’ could endanger all life on earth, scientists warn “Mirror bacteria” made in a lab could endanger all ...

Scientists have developed a new test that can easily and quickly identify bacteria in any liquid, such as water, milk, or urine. This test uses a type of virus that only insects bacterial cells, ...

Water is the very foundation of our daily lives. Whether you are filling up a glass from the kitchen tap, cooking a family ...

Bioscientists turn bacteria into self-assembling building blocks. The macroscale engineered living materials they form could be used to soak up targeted contaminants from the environment or as custom ...