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

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

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

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

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health crisis that threatens our ability to treat common infections. Traditional antibiotic discovery has relied on labor ...

New Zealand’s critically endangered kākāpō are not showing signs of antibiotic resistance. Yet. By Laura Baisas Published Oct 21, 2025 1:58 PM EDT Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

A startling new study warns that two of America’s most common over-the-counter painkillers, ibuprofen (Advil) and acetaminophen (Tylenol), may have an unexpected role in one of the world's most urgent ...

The FerTiG system is inspired by the microcompartment structures found in living organisms, which compartmentalize enzymes to enhance their stability and efficiency. In this engineered construct, the ...

Posted: July 15, 2025 | Last updated: October 16, 2025 Typhoid fever is rarely considered a problem in developed countries today. Yet strains of this ancient plague are developing resistance to ...

Buried in the DNA of the long extinct woolly mammoth is a compound that scientists hope will one day yield a lifesaving antibiotic. In experiments, mammuthusin, as the compound is called, has ...

If you've ever taken a course of antibiotics, your infection might have cleared, but your gut might take longer to recover. That's because the disease-fighting pills blast all of the bacteria in your ...