Cleaning up Michelangelo's Renaissance sculptures? Bacteria take care of it
Covid (and the irony of fate) did not stop the advance of bacteria in the restoration of some of Michelangelo's great works.
A bacteria-based self-healing paste can regenerate historic buildings
Tragedies like that of Morandi can be avoided with a bacterial paste that generates a self-repairing cement. New life to historic buildings and futuristic stone architecture.
Bioo, energy from soil microbes with biological batteries: it will be a turning point
Energy directly from soil bacteria with biological batteries? A house powered by the land on which it stands? Bioo aims for a turning point.
Stop the sweat! Science finds the enzyme behind bad armpit odor
There is hope for the poor commuters forced to suffer all sorts of stinks. Science has found the enzyme "guilty" of underarm odor. Before it was useful, today harmful.
The biohybrid living battery is more efficient. We will have energy from bacteria
Using exoelectrogenic bacteria to produce energy solved the problems that prevented the creation of a biohybrid living battery.
A “living” concrete transforms bacteria into replicating bricks
A brick made of bacteria can replicate to eight bricks. Living cement can make construction more environmentally sustainable.
Copper beds kill 95% of bacteria: they can save millions of lives
In 2018 alone, hospital infections killed 49.000 people in Italy. lives that can be saved, says a study, with copper beds in hospitals
Self-repairing Biocement arrives: this is the construction of the future
Bacteria friends are able to restore cracks and flaking in concrete, a bit like healing a wound. Biocemento was born.
IBM declares war on antibiotic resistant bacteria
An innovative polymer that destroys antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Its strength in attacking Gram-Positive bacteria opens up prospects.
