In an era of heightened global connectivity and public health awareness, the issue of currency contamination and its role in pathogen transmission has drawn significant scholarly attention. Banknotes ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) In healthcare settings, textiles like bed sheets, scrubs and curtains can harbor dangerous pathogens, facilitating the spread of infections among patients and staff. Despite ...

Bacteria from unused paper towels may be transferred to healthcare employees after they wash their hands, which may pose risk of bacterial transmission to patients, according to research published in ...

The new study represents the first known bacteriological assessment of this scale in sharks and rays in Brazil, and its findings highlight the urgent need for more research in this area. Sharks and ...

We often think of the mouth as a private space — personal, contained, and separate from others. Yet biologically, the mouth ...

Deep beneath the Earth's surface, in the pores and crevices of rock, live huge communities of microorganisms. They are invisible to the naked eye—yet they play a central role in the quality of our ...