Identification of microbes joins together the discipline of microbiology with the study of infectious diseases. Methods of reliable and accurate microbial identification are valuable to a wide range ...

Pesticides (herbicides, insecticides, miticides, etc.) may affect soil microbes in many ways, often leading to reduced diversity and even lower populations of various soil microbes. Soil microbes are ...

Enzymes acting as Maxwell's demon In this study, the enzyme plays a comparable role through physical processes rather than intention. "Realizing the analogy to 'Maxwell's demon' was the critical ...

A scanning electron microscope image of mass-produced microbubbles produced by simply using an ultrasound probe to agitate a BSA solution.Gao Lab/Caltech Microrobots have long promised precision drug ...

An international research team led by the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, is developing technology to dissolve painful kidney stones in the urinary tract using tiny robots. Kidney stones, ...

Kidney stones are one of the most painful medical conditions a person can experience. For people who suffer from recurring stones, the agony is even worse. Standard oral medications often take too ...

Researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) have created the world's simplest artificial cell capable of chemical navigation, migrating toward specific substances like living ...

Carbon dioxide usually floats away into the sky, but a tiny soil bacterium has a different plan. Under the right conditions, it converts the gas into solid limestone. The trick belongs to Bacillus ...

The urea breath test is used to detect Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), a type of bacteria that may infect the stomach and is a main cause of ulcers in both the stomach and duodenum (the first part of ...

Abstract: This study analyzes the selectivity of a potentiometric urea biosensor prepared by immobilizing of urease directly onto the surface of an ammonium ion-selective electrode. In this ...

A peptic ulcer is a sore that forms when digestive juices wear away the lining of the digestive system. It may occur in the lining of the stomach or duodenum. A peptic ulcer can affect several areas ...