If you have ever caught a fish you may have noticed they are slimy, which can make them hard to hold for a photo. The slime is produced by the fish’s skin and has several purposes. One is to protect ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It looks and feels a lot like snot, but Navy researchers believe slime produced by the primitive hagfish could help save lives. The bottom-dwelling hagfish is commonly referred to as a slime eel ...

Scientists are looking into fish slime to develop a new kind of antibiotics to combat the growing threat of superbugs to public health. Decades of misuse of antibiotics have led to the rise of ...

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, ...

PANAMA CITY, Fl. - A team of Navy scientists and engineers have managed to recreate a material used by marine life for defense that could be used by the Navy in everything from fighting fires to ...

With the advent of multi-drug resistant bacteria and lack of new antibiotics, researchers have been on the lookout for new molecules that can fight these pathogens. A team of researchers have now ...