Bacteria can be engineered to sense a variety of molecules, such as pollutants or soil nutrients. In most cases, however, ...

“We wanted to exploit this phenomenon to see if we could shape the concentration of bacteria using light.” In order to achieve this, the team projected varying levels of light through a microscope ...

MIT scientists have found a clever new way to make bacteria send out signals that can be seen from far away—up to 90 meters.

Bacteriophages, or phages, viruses that selectively target and infect bacteria, have drawn growing attention for their ...

The Dutch haberdasher had crafted some of the first microscopes, never expecting to spy bacteria, sperm cells ... that boost the magnifying power of light microscopes up to about 1,500 times.

Researchers suggest the bacteria could be designed to detect pollution or nutrients, acting as sensors to help farmers ...

Researchers engineered bacteria to produce spectral pigments in response to environmental triggers. Using hyperspectral ...

It was found that by using glass lenses, you could bend rays of light ... and bacteria. Dr. Chris Lawrence explains Read his words Transcription of the audio "Loewenhoek used the microscope ...

Deep in the ocean, sea sponges grow beautiful, glass-like skeletons that are both strong and light. These structures are made ...

There's three types of microscope: light, like this one here, and two types of electron microscopes, like those ones over there. Light microscopes use light and mirrors and can see things as small ...