A medical biofilm is a solid aggregate of microbial cells with altered phenotypes and unique architecture attached to a surface and to each other. They are distinctly different from those encountered ...

Supramolecular chemistry is the science that is concerned with molecular self-assembly: chemical building blocks which, when you combine them, naturally form larger ordered structures. Researchers ...

Artificial implants such as pacemakers often cause complications because the body identifies them as foreign objects. Researchers at ETH Zurich have now demonstrated a simple method to fabricate ...

Editor's Note: This article was originally published at ScienceNordic. Once in place, human implants become colonised by bacteria and fungal species. Even though the implants are entirely sterile when ...

Brain implants seem to offer many possibilities for patients with neurological problems. They may be able to help reduce seizures in people with epilepsy, bring sight to people who are blind, or ...