No, it’s not a dream. Students in Cape Town, South Africa, have indeed used urine mixed with sand and bacteria to create ...

Scientists reveal how Candida auris survives on human skin by feeding on CO₂ and how blocking it could stop its spread.

Since 2014 when United Feeds were one of the first companies to introduce protected urea to the NI market, SustaiN protected urea has become the fertiliser product of choice for many farmers across ...

Bubble bots from Caltech represent a breakthrough in microrobotics, enabling targeted drug delivery to tumors and improving outcomes in cancer treatment.

Microrobots have long promised precision drug delivery inside the human body, but making them ...

Wei Gao's lab at Caltech has made simple protein bubbles that are "smart" enough to transport themselves to tumor sites where they can be popped to release drug therapies ...

The objective of this study was to evaluate NBPT, zeolite and humic acid in different concentrations as inhibitors of the activity of the enzyme urease. The activity of the urease enzyme was ...

This study evaluated the biological importance of immobilized urease enzyme over the free urease. The support material used for urease immobilization was alginate. Generally, the immobilization of ...

Researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) have created the world's simplest artificial cell capable of chemical navigation, migrating toward specific substances like living ...

The urea breath test is used to detect Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), a type of bacteria that may infect the stomach and is a main cause of ulcers in both the stomach and duodenum (the first part of ...

There are a wide variety of plants known by the name “hyssop,” from hedge hyssop to capers to anise hyssop. However, true hyssop, Hyssopus officinalis, is an edible member of the mint family that’s ...

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, alcoholic hand sanitizers have become widely accessible nationwide. They can pose a problem, especially for emergency departments, when alcohol-dependent patients start ...