There are many different ways germs can enter the body. Sometimes, they find a way in through an opening like the mouth, nose, eyes or a cut in the skin. Most of these germs – what scientists call ...

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BIOGRAPHY OF RESISTANCE The Epic Battle Between People and Pathogens By Muhammad H. Zaman 304 pp. Harper Wave. $28.99. Image In “Biography of Resistance,” Zaman considers antibiotics as the major ...

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A pair of strong binoculars brings far-away objects much closer, letting you examine them from a safe distance. But there is an entirely different world when you look closely at the smallest creatures ...

Microscope Images of the bacteria P. acnes left untreated (A,B) or incubated for 24-hours (C,D) with resveratrol. Images were taken at 10,000x magnification (A,C) or 29,000x magnification (B,D).

Robert Koch, a founding father of microbiology, used hands-on experiments in the 1800s to find the bacteria behind three of history's deadliest diseases. Robert Koch peers into a microscope in his ...