An Apple product may help keep the doctor away in Tanzania. In a discovery that provides doctors in remote areas with an alternative, scientists recently created a microscope using an iPhone, tape, ...

Each year, more than 200 million people fall sick with malaria and more than half a million of these infections lead to death. The World Health Organization recommends parasite-based diagnosis before ...

RICHLAND, Wash. – At one o'clock in the morning, layers of warm plastic are deposited on the platform of the 3D printer that sits on scientist Rebecca Erikson's desk. A small plastic housing, designed ...

Biofilms are aggregates that are formed by bacteria, which grow on surfaces. Commonly found in environments, biofilms are highly resistant to antibiotics, and as such the mechanism and regulation of ...

Google is honoring Dutch-born scientist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek with a Doodle to mark his 384th birthday. Known as the “Father of Microbiology,” van Leeuwenhoek designed the single-lens microscope and ...

A newly developed microscope is providing scientists with a greatly enhanced tool to study how neurological disorders such as epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease affect neuron communication. The ...

How do you study a blood cell if you can’t see it? You feel it, using a device that translates scientific data into tactile information. “We want to help people that are blind or visually impaired and ...

Antibiotic-resistant superbugs are a looming menace to medicine, and now, some strains have evolved to eat the very compounds that try to kill them. Fortunately, a microbiologist may have discovered a ...