A small team of materials scientists and chemical engineers at Qingdao University, in China, has developed a self-powered, ...

A research team led by Prof. Liu Chenli from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Prof. Xiao Yichuan from the Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and ...

Scientists are pioneering geothermal brine and bacterial mining to extract copper sustainably and reduce environmental damage ...

When a white blood cell finds a germ, it latches onto it. Then it changes its shape to surround the germ. You can imagine the ...

Pharmaceutical scientists at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a novel chemical reaction that enables the precise functionalization of peptides and proteins.

The ruminant digestive system depends on bacteria to break down tough fibers and release nutrients from plant cells. Giraffes ...

Just as a living being has tissues and organs, society has structures that provide it with resilience and allow it to adapt ...

Scientists have developed copper oxide nanoparticles which can be coated onto implanted medical devices to reduce the risk of ...

Cutting-edge kitchen safety gets a boost thanks to nature's bacteria-resistant strategies.

Immune cells that eat bacteria in the body don't stash them in specialized compartments as once thought, but turn them into ...

By mimicking natural antimicrobial textures, laser surface texturing enhances metal surfaces, preventing bacterial growth in ...

Laser-etched surfaces that resemble the texture of shark skin could stop bacteria from attaching, forming anti-bacterial ...