Light is a universal stimulus that influences all living things. Cycles of light and dark help set the biological clocks for ...

Scientists at the University of Nottingham have discovered how specific surface patterns on plastics used for medical devices can drastically reduce the ability of bacteria to attach and multiply, ...

We've already seen antibacterial surfaces that kill microbes on contact, but scientists in the UK have recently gone a different and potentially more effective route. They've created maze-like surface ...

Bacterial patterns invisible to the eye reveal hidden information only with correct biochemical triggers, creating anti-counterfeiting codes that are harder to copy or forge. (Nanowerk Spotlight) A ...

Just like every other creature, bacteria have evolved creative ways of getting around. Sometimes this is easy, like swimming ...