In a nutshell The antibiotic piperacillin has shown remarkable effectiveness against Lyme disease-causing bacteria, Borrelia ...

Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists have developed a new approach to countering citrus greening and potato zebra chip diseases.

Microfluidics experiments and simulations show that magnetotactic bacteria are adapted to the geomagnetic field strength for optimal navigation in sediment environments.

Researchers from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and UCLA announced the creation of an engineered ...

An engineered gut microbe can detoxify methylmercury, reducing the amount that passes into the brain and developing fetuses ...

A research team has uncovered a previously unknown type of immune signaling molecule—a novel compound combining histidine and ...

A Hong Kong clinic is under scrutiny after a patient contracted flesh-eating bacteria linked to contaminated shorts. A ...

Bacteria use a newly discovered system called Kongming to turn viral enzymes into a self-destruct signal, with big biotech ...

The numbers for bowel cancer, the third-most-common type worldwide, are rising particularly fast. Compared with Americans ...

Whooping cough, a bacterial infection that can be especially dangerous for babies and young children, is on the rise. Already ...

After her son died in 2024 from septic shock from a rare bacterium, a mom is speaking out, hoping to raise awareness about potential dangers in rivers and lakes.

Scientists know relatively little about archaea compared to their bacterial counterparts, but evidence of their roles in ...