Nano-lastics Little plastic bits smaller than a speck of dust abound in our food, water, even our bodies. Scientists are now, ...

The team also developed a water-free antibiofilm strategy tailored ... More information: Zejia Lin et al, Salmonella dry surface biofilm: morphology, single-cell landscape, and sanitization ...

Water channels crisscross biofilms and allow for the exchange of ... biofilm can leave the fold and establish themselves on a new surface. Either a clump of cells breaks away, or individual ...

slimy buildup on almost any kind of surface. Biofilms can corrode the hulls of ships, produce green slime on rocks, pollute drinking water systems, form plaque on teeth and stick to medical ...

Biofilm growth has been observed in Soviet/Russian (Salyuts and Mir), American (Skylab), and International (ISS) Space Stations, sometimes jeopardizing key equipment like spacesuits, water recycling .

"It’s well known that concrete and other materials degrade over time, both inside and outside of tunnels. Maintenance and ...

The UV waves can also be disrupted by how murky the surrounding water. Uneven distribution of the UV light gives biofilm-forming microorganisms a foothold and leaves the whole surface vulnerable ...

Understanding how biofilms ... of water. It's a shape that shows up often in physics, and that sparked the team's interest. "A spherical cap in physics is very interesting, because it is a surface ...

By studying seismic waves, researchers have found a layer deep beneath the surface of Mars that could contain enough liquid ...

These goos are made up of a congregation of microbes attached to a surface and living in a self-created substance consisting mostly of water and polysaccharides (a type of carbohydrate).Biofilms ...