That is one big bacterium! Researchers have discovered a bacterium visible to the naked eye, challenging prevailing notions about the size of bacteria, most of which only can be seen when using a ...

Omnipose, a deep learning software, is helping to solve the challenge of identifying varied and miniscule bacteria in microscopy images. It has gone beyond this initial goal to identify several other ...

A new species of bacteria has been discovered off the coast of Oʻahu. Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa ...

Researchers at EPFL and Vrije Universiteit Brussel have developed a novel and highly efficient method for rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing using optical microscopy. The technique, called ...

Nikon's Small World competition recognizes the best microscope photographs of the year. Microscopy is an art and a science, revealing the alien beauty of the hidden world all around us. The 2022 ...

THE simplest method of preparing bacteria for observation in the electron microscope is to deposit them from suspension on to a collodion membrane. However, when developmental changes are to be ...

Gram staining is one way scientists can identify bacteria. Gram-positive bacteria, such as Staphylococcus, appear blue or purple under a microscope when scientists apply a stain. Conversely, ...

Even in an environment as seemingly simple as a drop of water, bacteria can organize themselves into complex patterns or ...

Scientists have long known that humans don’t travel to space alone. Every astronaut carries trillions of microbes, including ...