🦷🍭 While #sugar is often blamed for cavities, it's actually the lactic acid produced by #bacteria as they digest #carbohydrates that weakens enamel.

Human saliva typically neutralizes these #acids within 30 mins. but frequent snacking can keep mouth pH levels low enough to cause permanent damage. Experts recommend waiting at least 20 mins. after eating before brushing to allow enamel to re-harden.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/health/does-sugar-cause-cavities/

#health #dentistry #science #biology #teeth #nutrition #wellness #habit #oralhealth #education

Got fed up with the dishwasher leaving a thin film of nastiness on everything, so I took it apart to see what the problem was. 😲😱🤢💀

I found something worthy of the X Files inside. It’s gone now, thank Thor, but it will haunt my dreams.

#biohazard #slime #bacteria #gelatinous #diy #deepclean #dishwashers

Berruga-Fernández et al. show that bacterial hybrid chromosome formation driven by conjugative mobile genetic elements may be an important and widespread mechanism in the emergence and evolution of high-risk bacterial pathogens.

🔗 https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag085

#evobio #molbio #bacteria

Vale. Parece que otro peligro sería infectar la piel o el sistema digestivo con vibrio vulnificus, que se está popularizando mucho en la costa Este de Estados Unidos.
Material de pesadillas esta bacteria, que en el caso de un hombre en Florida que se hizo un corte nadando la bacteria se comió su pierna y brazo en 3 días.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/04/flesh-eating-bacteria-devour-mans-arm-and-leg-in-just-three-days/

#noticias #medicina #bacteria #EstadosUnidos

Graphene Oxide Targets Bacteria Without Harming Human Cells

📰 Original title: Graphene kills harmful bacteria “superbugs” but spares human cells

🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Usuarios: It's clickbait ⚠️

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/graphene-oxide-targets-bacteria-without-harming-human-cells/?redirpost=9d3e0e02-2974-41cd-be63-87489f8c94c8

#health #graphene #bacteria #antibiotics

Graphene Oxide Targets Bacteria Without Harming Human Cells

📰 Original title: Graphene kills harmful bacteria “superbugs” but spares human cells

🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Usuarios: It's clickbait ⚠️

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/graphene-oxide-targets-bacteria-without-harming-human-cells/?redirpost=9d3e0e02-2974-41cd-be63-87489f8c94c8

#health #graphene #bacteria #antibiotics

Today's trivia: The human body contains as much human cells as bacteria.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4991899/

#trivia #humans #bacteria

Just one of those things you need to know - the way #electricity flows enables #bacteria to use their tails as propellors to move

What Physical ‘Life Force’ Turns #Biology’s Wheels? | Quanta Magazine https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-physical-life-force-turns-biologys-wheels-20260420/

#protons #life #motor