Metals like silver, gold and copper can kill bacteria and viruses. An electric current can also eliminate microorganisms. A ...

The invention combines silver nanowires and a tiny electric current to create a surface that eliminates and repels bacteria and viruses.

E. coli bacteria could be used to create biodegradable plastics, reports a paper published in Nature Chemical Biology. The engineered bacterial system described in the study may help in the production ...

With sudden outbreaks of E. coli in the press from time to time, this tiny organism has, understandably, gotten something of a bad rap of late. But, while it is known to be a health risk ...

National Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, P.R. China State Key Laboratory of ...

Credit: Saiful52/Shutterstock. WuXi Biologics has launched the E coli expression system, EffiX, designed to enhance the production of recombinant proteins and plasmid DNA (pDNA). The worldwide market ...

Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China Institute of Plasma Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, ...

An Osaka Metropolitan University-led Egypt-Japan research team found E. coli prevalent in over 25% of popular milk and dairy products in Egypt. Of the 210 samples of raw milk, cheese, and yoghurt ...

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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) issued a food recall warning for Jean Perrin brand Morbier de Scey and Raclette de Scey cheeses due to possible contamination with pathogenic E. coli. The ...