ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — Update: According to the Rock Island-Milan School District, all rooms at the high school have been cleared of microbial growth. District families have been notified that all ...

The scalp hosts a diverse microbial community, and its unique environment is shaped by sebum, moisture, and acidic pH. These microbes, including bacteria and fungi, can influence scalp conditions ...

Tsukuba, Japan—The team proposed a new approach to reveal ecological niches (positions within ecosystems) and evolutionary relationships in nature through large-scale growth analysis of bacteria in ...

Under ideal conditions, bacterial cell proliferation is exponential, transforming an empty Petri dish into a lush “lawn” of growth. However, as a bacterial colony develops, “growing pains” are ...

A new study has unveiled an innovative way to turn waste into a powerful tool for sustainable agriculture. Researchers have developed a specially ...

Meher Jain (SFS ’29) expected a typical college move-in experience when she arrived at Georgetown University. Instead, she found the closet door of her Copley Hall room covered in mildew. Jain, who ...