Bacteria may not be the tool of choice for most artists, but for microbiologists getting in touch with their creative side, it can offer an artistic effect that paint can't recreate.

In an effort to better study neurological diseases such as autism and schizophrenia, Austrian biologists are growing human brain cells in a petri dish. "The complexity of the human brain has made ...

Cruise ships have for years been referred to as "floating Petri dishes" - places ripe for the exchange of germs, and the spreading of illness. But is the accusation true?