Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the microbe responsible for gonorrhoea, is developing resistance to most antibiotics, which means we ...

A research team from the Faculty of Engineering at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has harnessed citywide genetic data and ...

Lung infections like pneumonia are among the world's top killers—but diagnosing them is notoriously hard. Now, researchers at ...

There are many forms of Escherichia coli. Many are harmless members of the gut microbiome, but others can cause serious ...

Biphenomycins, natural products derived from bacteria, show excellent antimicrobial activity, but have long remained out of ...

Antibiotics are powerful treatments that have saved countless lives over the course of decades. New findings from Scripps ...

The African CDC has recently warned of a surge in cholera cases across the continent. Cholera, caused by certain strains of V ...

In 2023, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft brought materials from the surface of the asteroid Bennu (pictured) safely back to Earth. The returned samples were then curated carefully, to prevent the ...

Antibiotic resistance is one of the most pressing—and quietly advancing—challenges facing modern medicine. Among the most ...

Scientists have found a key reason why antibiotics are failing against a common gut bacteria. A team at the University of ...

Numerous natural products produced by microorganisms can be utilized as active ingredients to treat illnesses like cancer and infections. Although the microbes' genes contain the blueprints for these ...

Science writer David Berreby shares his personal journey with griefbots and discusses how they can offer unexpected comfort, insight and connection in the wake of loss.