Friday is the 167th birthday of Julius Richard Petri, inventor of the famous Petri dish. In 1876, bacteriologist Robert Koch identified the bacteria that causes anthrax; it was the first time ...

For example, many people seemed to think that the petri dish on the right showed SARS-CoV-2, the strain of coronavirus at the center of the current pandemic, and that this photograph demonstrated ...

Scientists use microbes such as germs and bacteria to make art for the American Society for Microbiology’s Agar Art Challenge.

Yes, the American version of Petri does sound a bit like “pee tree,” which is something that your dog might produce. Nonetheless, the Petri dish got its name not from any tree but instead from ...

The humble Petri dish may soon be a thing of the past. A team of researchers in Germany have developed a new technique for treating plastic bags with plasmas to turn them into sealed, ...

The companies featured in this week’s Petri Dish are helping innovations take flight (literally), entering the clinic and naming new leaders. Intellia announces 'unprecedented' early-stage data ...

Biomedical engineers have created a new method for growing cells in three dimensions rather than the traditional two. This 3-D petri dish allows cells to self-assemble, creating cell clusters that ...

Here's The Petri Dish, a roundup of news that may get overlooked amid the influx of health care happenings. Related Articles . Startup launches with $110M, science out of MIT, BU ...

Scientist collect bacteria, spread it around on petri dish and seal it with epoxy to create art. Over 85 submissions of petri art were received at the Agar Art Contest.