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It's time to track city sewage for emerging diseases, not just COVID-19

The current pandemic accelerated the wastewater epidemiology techniques, but researchers hope to continue the practice to prevent the next one

Instead of a colonoscopy, a new screen tests poop for colorectal cancer-related bacteria

Testing for the bacterium Parvimonas micra in stool may present an alternative to a colonoscopy

How safe is the DNA in your poop from unwanted snooping?

Sewer systems can signal outbreaks before they start. If you're worried, poop is safe as long as it's in the right hands

You can add almost anything to improve graphene's function, even bird poop

For several years, researchers have been excitedly looking for the best dopant — before realizing that anything can improve graphene's electrocatalytic rate

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This initiative wants you to snap a pic of your poop — for the future of gut health

Calling all citizen scientists: contribute an anonymous photo of your bowel movement to help build the world’s first and largest poop image database.

Scientists tried to make knives out of frozen human poop

They wondered: is it possible to cut animal hides with a human feces blade?

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The next therapeutic frontier may be in your gut

Scientists are trying to harness the microbiome for healing

What can ancient dog poop reveal about an ecosystem?

The poo fossils of a long-extinct species are teaching scientists about nature's past – and possible future