Materials inspired by nature, or biomimetic materials, are nothing new. Scientists have designed water-resistant materials ...

Every minute, nearly 500 antibiotic prescriptions are written in the U.S. Many of these drugs succeed, but more are being ...

NEW YORK — Kingdom Supercultures, a developer and supplier of natural microbial cultures, raised $25 million in a Series A funding round led by Shine Capital, with participation from Valor, Tao, Lux, ...

Ensuring pharmaceutical safety and efficacy hinges on rigorous quality control (QC). By identifying potential microbial contaminants early in drug development and production, microbial QC tests ...

Microbiology investigates the complexities of interactions among different microbial species and their higher eukaryotic ...

Researchers demonstrate that under low fluid shear force conditions that simulate those found in microgravity culture during spaceflight, the foodborne pathogen Salmonella infects 3-D models of human ...

An international research team has investigated the chances of survival of kombucha cultures under Mars-like conditions. Kombucha is known as a drink, sometimes called tea fungus or mushroom tea, ...

Researchers at Emory University have found that live gut bacteria can travel to the brain in mice fed a high-fat diet, a ...