Eugenia A. Snowden died 15 months after a surgical team led by a Wright State Physicians doctor left a sponge inside her abdomen, leading to medical malpractice and wrongful death lawsuit that reached ...

During a 2006 surgery, doctors in Florida left surgical sponges inside 43-year-old Lenny LeClair’s bowels, which he said nearly caused him to die. LeClair, from Claremont, N.H., lost 116 pounds, and ...

A new glass sponge species is so strange that has been given the name named Advhena magnifica, which means "magnificent alien ...

Fiber optics as light conductors are obviously not just a recent invention. Sponges (Porifera), the phylogenetically oldest, multicellular organisms (Metazoa) are able to transduce light inside their ...

From shower steamers and sponges, to soap, body butters, and bath salts, these goodies will help you care for your body ...

A newly discovered predatory “death-ball” sponge in the Southern Ocean hunts small prey with tiny hooks, revealing surprising deep-sea behaviour and hidden marine biodiversity.

Rome (Italy), July 21st, 2021 - The remarkable structural properties of the basket sponge (E. aspergillum) might seem fathoms removed from human-engineered structures. However, insights into how the ...

Viewers of “SpongeBob Squarepants” have been woefully misinformed about the reality of being a sponges. Far from being yellow, rectangular and hyperactive, sponges come in all shapes, sizes and colors ...

Are sponge baths enough to keep you clean Expert explains when they’re hygienic and when you should return to regular bathing ...

Lanice spongicola lives on a glass sponge, a deep-sea sponge with a skeleton made of silica, that rises from hard rock. The ...