Antimicrobial resistance is growing, which poses a monumental threat to human health. Behaviors such as using excessive ...

Magnetically guided microrobots coated with bacteriophages penetrate and dismantle bacterial biofilms, achieving targeted ...

Some tenacious microbes can be very difficult to eliminate once they form biofilms, which are microbial communities that grow on surfaces. They are considered to be a major contributor to global ...

The Well-Watcher from Labrat d’Or is a 2025 Top Innovations pick in the Lab Research category, enabling pipette tracking that ...

UMass Amherst engineers create low-voltage artificial neurons using bacterial nanowires, promising efficient bio-inspired ...

In a recent study published in Nature Communications, a team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst have engineered a microbial biofilm designed to produce evaporation-based ...

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have reimagined the capabilities of atomic force microscopy, or AFM, transforming it from a tool for imaging nanoscale features ...

A team of researchers tested morin, a plant compound, against gum disease bacteria and found strong antimicrobial benefits.

CHICAGO -- In the arms race between humans and bacteria, the ability to form "biofilms" -- large aggregations of microbes embedded in a slimy matrix -- has been one of the weapons the organisms use to ...