A safety warning has been issued by emergency doctors over water beads that have become a popular gift for children - despite the fact they can lead to fatal consequences if swallowed. The Royal ...

Experts warn that mirror bacteria could escape natural biological controls, potentially evolving to exploit resources in ways that disrupt ecosystems and pose unforeseen dangers to the environment and ...

Warning: This story contains images some readers may find distressing. Buruli ulcer is a rare bacterial infection that researchers believe is transferred from possums to humans via mosquitoes ...

Abstract: To support the increasing demand for smart manufacturing in wire arc additive manufacturing, such as digital twins, high-frequency real-time bead measurement is a long-standing challenge due ...

Bacterial skin infections can happen when bacteria enter the body due to a break in the skin. Different types of skin infections include methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), impetigo, ...

“Mirror bacteria” made in a lab could endanger all life on earth, an international group of leading scientists have warned in a new report. All building-block molecules of life like ...

Although the capability to create organisms or bacteria that utilize mirror molecules remains at least a decade away by many estimations, 38 authors of an article published in Science Thursday said ...

2000; Pawar and Edgar, 2012). Acetylated alginate is usually synthesized by Azotobacter and Pseudomonas strains to protect the bacteria from drugs or environmental damage (Rehm and Valla, 1997; ...

For this to work these bacteria need a source of food, which is typically either sulphur or carbon. Sulphur nitrate reactors use special sulphur beads to provide the food required. Conventional ...