Even if you know instinctively that your kitchen sponge can get pretty nasty, the numbers still might shock you: 54 billion ...

Air pockets in a sponge mimic healthy soil, which has various nooks and crannies to host microbial communities. Michael Bihlmayer / EyeEm via Getty Images Scientists have discovered a common household ...

It may look innocent, but the kitchen sponge is often the nastiest thing in a kitchen, and the main reason is that people use ...

From human intestines to the bottom of the sea: Microorganisms populate nearly any habitat, no matter how hostile it is. Their great variety of survival strategies is of huge potential in ...

KIT researchers develop a chip that captures microbial dark matter in air, water, and soil – new tool for biotechnology and medicine From human intestines to the bottom of the sea: Microorganisms ...