The targeted cancer therapy using bacteria could be much less toxic than traditional treatments, research team says in paper.

Plastic trash has reached the world's most remote locations, from the bottom of the Mariana Trench to the summit of Everest.

Kimchi is a microbial wonderland. It’s home to hundreds of strains of lactic acid bacteria. These microbes are the good guys that help our digestion and boost our immunity. The team screened several ...

When we artificially induce rain or snow, we use a process called cloud seeding. Particles are launched into the sky to give water molecules a surface to freeze onto. As the ice crystals grow heavier, ...

Three species of bacteria in combination are capable of breaking down PAE diethyl phthalate, an important component in plastic pollution. Yet none of the three can do the same thing in isolation to ...

An environmental engineer, he invented a biological method to remove nitrogen and phosphorous from wastewater, an advance that transformed the industry worldwide.

Birch tar was among the most useful materials available to prehistoric humans and was primarily used as a glue to bind stone ...

Researchers from King's College London and the University of Surrey have developed a new technique to measure the content of ...

Research published in ACS Central Science could help healthcare professionals non-invasively diagnose bacterial infections, using breath-based tests.

Neanderthals likely used the sticky substance to build and repair tools, but it also may have had another important use. With its antibiotic properties, birch tar could also treat wounds. The findings ...

A fast-moving cluster of meningococcal disease centred in Canterbury has claimed two young lives and infected at least 20 ...

It started as a go-for-broke experiment, but it wound up saving an ecosystem.