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Biofilms are multicellular communities formed by densely-packed microbes that are often associated with persistent infections. Steep gradients of nutrients and oxygen form in these...

People who are highly materialistic tend to use Facebook frequently and intensely. Credit: © Photographee.eu / Fotolia If you're materialistic, you're likely to use Facebook more...

Gene drive systems distort the rule that there is a 50:50 chance of a gene copy being passed on. This promotes the inheritance of...

Ultimately, reducing the transfer of antibiotic-resistance plasmids could help preserve the potency of antibiotics. (stock image) Credit: © Leigh Prather / Fotolia Antibiotics are commonly used...

School of tuna fish in the ocean. Credit: © Richard Carey / Fotolia The study, published in PLOS Computational Biology, developed a new method combining behavioral...

Fluoropor coating on a copper thin film. Credit: Bastian E. Rapp, KIT Water- and dirt-repellent sportswear and outdoor clothing, or anti-fog windshields -- there are many...

Physicists at MIT have designed a pocket-sized cosmic ray muon detector to track these ghostly particles. Credit: Courtesy of the researchers   At any given moment, Earth's...

This image shows a visual representation of one of the highest-energy neutrino detections superimposed on a view of the IceCube Lab at the South...

Upon execution of Grover's quantum algorithm, the terbium single-molecule transistor reads out unsorted databases. Credit: KIT/Institut Néel Scrapbooks or social networks are collections of mostly unsorted...

FAMU-FSU College of Engineering doctoral candidate Joshua DeGraff developed an advanced class of scalable motion sensors using silver ink electrodes and sheets of pure...

This is a sample circuit printed on fabric. Credit: Felice Torrisi   Researchers have successfully incorporated washable, stretchable and breathable electronic circuits into fabric, opening up new...