Bacteria may want you to save energy when doing your laundry but not for the right reasons. A new publication in Applied and Environmental Microbiology showed how cool bacteria may be with washing ...

The second-hand smartphone market has grown significantly in recent years, but other, bulkier items like washing machines are less frequently refurbished and resold. That could soon be changing.

It seems “energy saver” washing machines may not be killing all the potentially harmful pathogens on your clothing — as was reportedly the case at a hospital in Germany. Researchers, in a study ...