A microbe-filled petri dish isn't usually where one would expect to find art, but it turns out that cell colonies can form some pretty compelling visuals. The honor of first place went to “Neurons,” a ...

When it comes to art, germs and bacteria are not the first things that come to mind, but scientists are trying to show a more artful side to an otherwise unappealing topic. To change that view, ...

Ordinary petri dishes have been transformed into works of art by local artist, Edgar Sabogal. Sabogal has an exhibition, “Petri Dishes and ARThrax” at the Augusta Savage Gallery on campus. Petri ...

PETRI dishes have rarely looked so beautiful, transformed into art. In Vanitas (in a Petri dish), Suzanne Anker selected objects ranging from butterfly wings, mushrooms and mosses to metal and glass ...

A deadly virus is making its way around the world, spreading sickness and death. But not everyone is fearful; some artists are looking at Covid-19 and other viruses (and bacteria) with childlike ...

Balaram Khamari, 26, is an agar artist. He grows microorganisms in petri dishes so as to form artistic patterns, with the help of agar — a jelly-like substance made from seaweed. A postdoctoral fellow ...

Talk about art in unexpected places. Balaram Khamari’s canvas is the petri dish. He arranges microorganisms in such a way that they will form artistic patterns as they grow. The medium he uses is agar ...

ST. CLOUD — A local company's grow-your-own art contest is once again looking to crown a champion who cleverly combined art and science. This year marks the seventh year of Microbiologics' Creepy ...

Who says scientists can’t be creative? The American Society for Microbiology organizes an Agar Art competition, where researchers battle it out by creating artwork in a Petri dish—and these are this ...