Gut bacteria are known to be a key factor in many health-related concerns. However, the number and variety of them is vast, as are the ways in which they interact with the body's chemistry and each ...

At ETH Zurich, scientists from many different fields are working on something that seems straight out of science fiction.

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have the nickname 'forever chemicals' thanks to their persistence in the ...

Using E. coli and plastic waste to produce a common pain medication, researchers say their findings could pave the way for ...

Gut bacteria are known to be a key factor in many health-related concerns. However, the number and variety of them is vast, as are the ways in which they interact with the body's chemistry and ...

Scientists have figured out how to turn plastic waste into the painkiller acetaminophen using specially engineered bacteria.

A new species of cable bacteria, which function like electrical wiring, was recently discovered in the US. Its unique morphology and genetic structure may be useful for the development of ...

Researchers have developed a new, loofah-like material that is fine enough to filter out viruses and bacteria from water, but strong enough to be used as a rigid construction material in devices.

Scientists have discovered that a strain of common faecal bacteria can convert plastic waste into the drug paracetamol, a ...

Bacteria in a petri dish similar to that swabbed with sterile wipes on China’s Tiangong Space Station. ridvanarda – stock.adobe.com. All of these unique formations, likely mutations of the ...

This year's $500,000 World Food Prize, for advances in agriculture and nutrition, goes to Mariangela Hungria, who boosted Brazil's farming revolution, turning the country into a soybean superpower.