Checking the health of soil could soon be as simple as asking the local bacteria. Drones or satellites could detect their answers, given as different-colored glows in response to triggers like ...

Researchers from the United Kingdom have developed a glowing gel that simultaneously reveals bacteria under ultraviolet light and kills bacteria in just a few hours, according to a Huffington Post ...

For decades, peering into the gut meant invasive procedures and partial answers. Now, scientists are developing a biosensor that could reveal a far more expansive picture of what’s really happening ...

UBC researchers have engineered gut bacteria that dim their fluorescent glow in the presence of illness. Their findings, published in Cell today, could improve how we diagnose problems in the gut by ...