We believe what we see … so how do unseen ideas become believable? Antibiotic resistance could have a drastic impact on all of our lives, but is invisible to the naked eye and impossible for most to ...

Discover how ice cream can cause diarrhea and vomiting when left out for too long. Learn the common bacteria that dairy ...

Mobile phones can harbour disease - and a set of Petri dish ‘prints’ of the bacteria lurking on the surface of the average smartphone show exactly how dirty most mobiles are. The ‘prints’ were created ...

Alexandria Country Day School middle-schoolers tested the 5-second rule and a self-driving robot at the school's annual science fair Wednesday. Sixth-grader Sarah Dowd, 11, cultivated her interest in ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON – The last place you’d expect to ...

When thinking of art, people don't usually imagine it in a petri dish -- well, maybe just a few people. One microbiologist just flipped the art world on its head and when she recreated Vincent van ...

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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 ...

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 ...