Over the course of six months, black lesions and deep ulcers formed over the body of a 78-year-old man, puzzling doctors. His ...

Free-living amoebae are emerging as a global health concern, fueled by warming temperatures and outdated water systems. While many are harmless, some can cause deadly infections and even protect other ...

MISSOURI, USA — Missouri health officials on Wednesday confirmed that a patient who contracted a rare infection from a brain-eating amoeba at the Lake of the Ozarks has died. The patient died at a St.

How do photosynthetic organisms harvest light so efficiently? To help answer this question, researchers have developed an ultrafast transient absorption microscope with sensitivity approaching the ...

Anyone who has ever used a microscope knows that it takes time to bring a sample into sharp focus. Each time you move the ...

LOS ANGELES – It is finally done. Despite delays caused by a fossil discovery and a disorienting pandemic. Despite the challenge of raising US$724 million (S$920 million) in a city that can be cool ...

A Missourian has contracted a rare, often deadly brain infection from an amoeba, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. The amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, is often called a ...

In a basement lab in Brandeis' Rosenstiel building, a refrigerator-sized microscope dominates a small, windowless room. On its surface, it looks like a featureless white box. Yet inside, it's a study ...

Doctors are pulling out new techniques and drugs in an effort to cure devastating brain When you purchase through links on ...

The 25th United States Poet Laureate combines philosophical musing with appreciation for the mundane in “Before Completion.” Happy National Poetry Month! April is a beautiful time to write and ...