Testing field samples like air, soil and water for pathogens is crucial to public health and environmental monitoring. A new rapid-detection test is able to return results in 24 hours, rather than the ...

A highly sensitive, cost-effective technology to rapidly detect bacterial pathogens in the air, soil, water and agricultural produce in as little as 24 hours has been developed by researchers at ...

Researchers at University of Galway have developed a new, portable technology for on-the-spot testing of water quality to detect one of the most dangerous types of bacteria. Ireland regularly reports ...

“Infectious diseases don’t respect borders,” says Khoa Thai, a clinical microbiologist at the Star-shl medical diagnostics laboratory in the Netherlands. To limit their spread, we need a globally ...

Infectious diseases severely threaten public health and global biosafety. In addition to transmission through the air, pathogenic microorganisms have also been detected in environmental liquid samples ...

As hot temperatures send Utahns to their nearest reservoirs to try and cool off, there's always a concern this time of year regarding the water and what may be in it. In the video above, FOX 13 News ...