DURHAM, N.C. (StudyFinds.org) – Germaphobes beware, it may be time to ditch the kitchen sponge for good. A new study by Duke University researchers found the average kitchen sponge is crawling with ...

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WASHINGTON – The last place you’d expect to find beauty is in a petri dish, but Missouri microbiologist Melanie Sullivan would be the first to prove you wrong. In an impressively accurate ...

A microbe-filled petri dish isn't usually where one would expect to find art, but it turns out that cell colonies can form some pretty compelling visuals. The honor of first place went to “Neurons,” a ...

A number of microbiologists put their art skills to the test recently as part of the American Society for Microbiology's first Agar Art contest. One microbiologist created a bacterial version of ...

Recreations of Vincent Van Gogh's famous work "The Starry Night" are everywhere — museums, college dorm rooms, fridges, mousepads, airport gift shops, T-shirts and more. Now, thanks to one crafty ...

The new study, published today in Science, is the first large-scale demonstration showing how bacteria react to ever-increasing doses of antibiotics, and how these relentless microbes exploit ...

Bacteria may not be the tool of choice for most artists, but for microbiologists getting in touch with their creative side, it's just as good as paint. Microbiologists, members of the American Society ...