Norovirus challenged by Non-Thermal Plasma
With wintertime firmly in sight, we are taking a look at the cause of the so called “winter vomiting bug”: Norovirus. Norovirus is a stomach bug and its symptoms [...]
With wintertime firmly in sight, we are taking a look at the cause of the so called “winter vomiting bug”: Norovirus. Norovirus is a stomach bug and its symptoms [...]
Celebrated annually on 10th November, the UNESCO World Science Day for Peace and Development aims at linking science more closely with society and underlines the importance and relevance of [...]
Despite the advances in treatment and detection, cancer has remained a major health problem and one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Cancer Research UK suggests that 2018 [...]
Ice cubes, a nice addition to a range of drinks. Coffee shops, bars and restaurants, it’s pretty hard to miss them. Apart from the disappointment of returning only a [...]
With the ability to cause an epidemic or even a pandemic, the recent Australian flu virus or H3N2v currently has the World Health Organisation (WHO), National Health Service [...]
The term 'gut bacteria' is thrown around in various different contexts. Often, when someone is talking about good bacteria they are referring to the array of bacteria that colonise [...]
"Leprosy" from the Greek, lepra, meaning "scab" or "peeling." What is Leprosy Disease? A microbiological study of the infectious leprosy disease is fascinating. Leprosy is a chronic infection [...]
If you haven’t been through the pains of treatment for acne before, someone who has will testify that the so called treatments are frustratingly ineffective – those days may [...]
Recurring Salmonella Infections can be the bane of a person’s life. Despite antibiotic therapy the infection stubbornly reoccurs without little in the way of an answer why – until [...]
Milk – popular and ubiquitous - but quick to spoil and become undrinkable because of the activity of the abundant microorganisms it contains. Pasteurisation, the process of heating [...]