Reusable water bottles are great for fighting against single-use plastic, but they can carry a lot of bacteria if not cleaned ...

Researchers at Boston University have found that microplastics (MPs) provide an ideal platform for bacteria to form ...

Chen was recently awarded a $360,000 Early Career Proposal grant from the U.S. Army Research Office to investigate how biofilms — the slimy layers of bacteria and microorganisms that grow on surfaces ...

Scientists were shocked to discover that microplastics don’t just pollute the environment, they may also be fueling the rise ...

“Microplastics are like rafts — a bacteria on its own might not be able to swim down a river, but riding in its biofilm on a tiny bit of plastic it can be disseminated into many different environments ...

While bacteria can grow biofilms on any surface, researcher Gross found that microplastics supercharged this process. When ...

“Microplastics are like rafts — a bacteria on its own might not be able to swim down a river, but riding in its biofilm on a tiny bit of plastic it can be disseminated into many different ...

Plastic is a cheap and durable material that has been adapted and applied in innumerable ways. Vast amounts of plastic has been produced in recent decades, | Microbiology ...

In a startling discovery, a team of Boston University researchers found that bacteria exposed to microplastics became resistant to multiple types of antibiotics commonly used to treat infections.

Litter near the Charles River. For 10 to 15 days, Nelia Gross, a PhD candidate studying materials science and engineering, ...