Everyone knows the sponge and stovetop are hotbeds for bacteria, but there are germ havens in the kitchen you're forgetting to clean.

Recent research into bacterial cellulose patches may speed plants' recovery, improve grafting and help with preservation.

Is eating food that has fallen to the floor ever truly safe? Many cling to the “five-second rule,” which asserts that, if you ...

A single, microscopic bacterium divides and expands into a visible colony that can further organize into dynamic structures, ...

Seven people have now died from melioidosis in flood-ravaged north Queensland this year. Dozens of cases have been reported ...

This disorder proved very fortunate. In 1928, he was straightening up a pile of Petri dishes where he had been growing bacteria, but which had been piled in the sink. He opened each one and ...

Before even getting a green light from Bale, they began culturing various samples in petri dishes to observe how organic forms could create eye-catching designs. They photographed the shifting ...

These girls at Copthall wanted to investigate the bacteria growing on their possessions. They took some petri dishes, and they swabbed some of their stuff, and put them in an incubator set at just ...