Raytheon has announced that it is working with DARPA on a project for detecting buried explosives using a unique method: bacteria. The work is taking place under a contract from the agency; Worcester ...

In a healthy human adult, bacterial cells outnumber human cells, but the identity and degree of diversity of these bacteria in a single individual, their variability from person to person, and their ...

The European Research Council (ERC) will fund Prof. Anupam Sengupta’s research into how bacteria interact with and control light, and possible opportunities for new imaging technologies. The grant of ...

This project is not being offered for the current term. Please check back next semester for updates. The human gut is home to diverse microbes and has one of the highest density of microbes on Earth.

The human oral cavity, which includes cheeks, tongue, palate, gums, and teeth, is a highly diverse ecosystem that harbors more than 700 bacterial species, including cultivable and non-cultivable ...

U.S. Air Force aircraft could someday take off and land from airfields in the middle of nowhere—from runways grown with bacteria. Like the mythological monster that turned its victims into stone, ...

DULUTH, Minn. – University of Minnesota officials won’t say where Dave Hendrickson is overseeing research on whether bacteria can eat enough sulfate to clean up mining waste, calling it only an ...