A new study shows how bubbles contaminated with bacteria can act as tiny microbial grenades, bursting and launching microorganisms, including potential pathogens, out of the water and into the air.

SOAP TRAPS DIRT and fragments of the destroyed virus in tiny bubbles called ... of viruses and bacteria, suspending them in floating cages. When you rinse your hands, all the microorganisms ...

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Research into the physics of bubbles has found that, when they become laced with bacteria, bursting can turn them into a bioweapon. Away from the harmless pursuit of blowing bubbles, bubbles in ...

Innocent-looking bubbles can serve as a launching pad to spread bacteria from water into the air, according to a new study. The study, published Nov. 15 in the journal Physical Review Letters ...

Walton says that by Easter Sunday, there were black bubbles growing on his ... but were able to remove bacteria. “When I woke up and [saw] my hand still attached, I was happy,” he said.

A report issued earlier this month by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases finds that many adults across the nation are forgetting or choosing not to wash their hands at key times when ...

Key to this operation are tiny protein bubbles that biologists call gas vesicles. Some bacteria and protists ... getting it into the hands of doctors is another beast entirely, and researchers ...