LOS ANGELES - As antibiotics become more resistant to dangerous bacteria, researchers are looking into whether fish slime could provide a way to protect humans from those pathogens. The team, which ...

As the very real threat of antibiotic resistance looms, scientists are reeling in a surprising new way to combat drug-resistant pathogens. Fish “slime” refers to the protective mucus that coats the ...

If rolling around in the muck isn’t your thing, you might want to skip this one. It’s all about the slime. Fish and slug slime, that is. At recent scientific meetings, researchers detailed their ...

The growing threat of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is seeing scientists get more and more creative in their search for new drugs that might help us maintain the upper hand. Tobacco flowers, ...

Concerns about the effects of fish farm slime on health and the environment have been raised during the public consultation process on the application for an expansion in the number of tuna pens. Stop ...

The humble hagfish produces a sticky slime to defend itself from predators, as well as to hunt for its own food. Now a team of Swiss scientists has figured out the physics behind how the hagfish can ...

People’s complaints regarding slime seeping into swimming areas are justified, but it has to be acknowledged that fish farms are not the only source of the foul-smelling liquid, Federation of Maltese ...

Four tuna farms have been fined a total of €14,000 for causing the fish slime that plagued Malta’s eastern coastline this summer. Huge globs of slime were spotted from Mellieħa to Marsascala, with the ...