While it might be impossible to avoid microplastics entirely, experts shared several practical steps you can take to reduce ...

Researchers from Spain conducted a study on sink drains across various wards in a contemporary university hospital that ...

A study found that hospital sink drains harbor dangerous bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant strains. Despite thorough ...

In a bid to boost the faltering market for alternative proteins, a handful of Canadian scientists are betting this lab-based ...

Children spend the majority of their waking hours in daycare. But in a woefully underfunded system, there’s rarely budget to ...

Human uptake of microplastic particles (MPs) is causing increasing health concerns, and there is mounting pressure to evaluate the associated risks. While MPs can be ingested, breathed in, or drank in ...

We hope to be cured when we stay in hospital. But too often, we acquire new infections there. Such 'healthcare-associated infections' (HAI) are a growing problem worldwide, taking up an estimated 6% ...

A study published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology has revealed that sink pipes in hospitals continue to harbour ...

From February 2022 to February 2023, they collected (using cotton swabs) and genetically sequenced bacterial samples from six ...

On the heels of the 161st anniversary of the day the H.L. Hunley and its crew sank, the North Charleston museum has newly ...

We hope to be cured when we stay in hospital. But too often, we acquire new infections there. Such "health-care-associated ...