There are about a trillion species of microbes on Earth, but usually we only pay attention when one of them, E. coli for example, has led to an outbreak of disease. However, besides a few ...

The advanced collective and social intelligence of bacteria colonies makes for some very psychedelic design. The invisible colony of bacteria that spreads its invisible biomass across a petri dish is ...

Bacteria can be pernicious, but they also keep your stomach digesting, turn cucumbers into beloved pickles, and can, apparently, also be used to make art. Of course, it all depends on how you want to ...

In what may be the coolest confluence of art and science since drone-swarm light shows, YouTuber and researcher The Thought Emporium, a.k.a. Justin, has made tiny paintings in petri dishes using ...

Every year, the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) invites people to submit “agar art” - an image created by growing differently coloured microorganisms on a plate of agar. This year, they also ...

Artists have created glow-in-the-dark artworks from a living organism as part of the World Science Festival in Brisbane, Australia. Instead of paint or pencils, the artists are drawing with a type of ...

You could do worse than bioluminescent bacteria. Should you be in the market for a loyal friend or modest co-worker: Bioluminescent bacteria will never fake a sick day, flake out or decline to show up ...

Researchers in Spain are beginning to experiment with this new technique on the frescoes of Antonio Palomino from the 17th century in the Church of Santos Juanes in Valencia. They have shown that a ...