Water makes up around 60% of the human body. More than half of this water sloshes around inside the cells that make up organs ...

Water makes up around 60 percent of the human body. More than half of this water sloshes around inside the cells that make up ...

Researchers say using physically patterned surfaces applied to existing device materials would reduce barriers to commercial application.

Findings could inform the design of artificial tissues and organs, presenting a potential route for delivering nutrients or therapies.

Biofilms are conglomerates of bacteria and other organisms, which are feared in medicine as well as other areas because they ...

Where do microplastics really go after entering the environment? MIT researchers discovered that sticky biofilms naturally ...

They can mechanically disrupt the biofilm matrix and kill the dormant bacterial cells synergistically, thereby improving the effectiveness of biofilm eradication.

A major cause of hospital-acquired infections, the super bacteria Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), not ...

Compared to isolated bacterial cells, biofilms demonstrate increased resistance to antimicrobials, including antibiotics and chemical disinfectants like bleach. Often, only cells on the outer ...