In a world overrun with plastic garbage, causing untold environmental woes, University of Houston assistant professor of ...

WINCHESTER - Last year, the state closed Shannon Beach in Winchester (located at the Upper Mystic Lake) due to what the Department of Public Health calls “bacterial exceedance.” This means ...

At more than 470 times the atmospheric concentration of CO₂, a humble soil bacterium does something extraordinary: it turns ...

Nearly 20 beaches across Massachusetts are closed on Tuesday as temperatures are expected to soar. There are 17 total closures, according to the state’s Department of Public Health (DPH). One of those ...

He and a colleague proved a theory advanced by the Nobel Prize winners James Watson and Francis Crick, who discovered DNA’s ...

Researchers recently identified bacteria in Crete producing metabolites that quickly kill mosquito larvae in lab tests.

Researchers in the UK have devised a very clever method using genetically modified E. coli to convert PET plastic waste into ...

When tested on their own and in mice, these bacterial strains from the human microbiome show promise in accumulating PFAS ...

Consumers of the possibly contaminated products should either throw them away or return them to the place of purchase.

New study shows AI can predict if Listeria bacteria will survive common food industry disinfectants, helping improve food safety and cleaning protocols.