The discovery of antibiotics revolutionized medicine in the 20th century, saving countless lives. However, the emergence of resistant bacteria has quickly become a new challenge. One key factor in ...

Vibrio bacteria thrive at popular bathing sites like the Baltic Sea. Vibriosis is caused by Vibrio bacteria, which live ...

Rapidly identifying certain bacteria allows antibiotic treatments to be optimised. A team from the University of Zurich, ...

Imagine two people talking over a walkie-talkie set. Successful communication depends on them being tuned to the same frequency. If others try to communicate nearby, interference can occur, and ...

Improved bacterial cellulose could help create tougher, greener materials for things we use every day. As plastic waste ...

Rapidly identifying certain bacteria allows antibiotic treatments to be optimised. A team from the University of Zurich, supported by the SNSF, has developed molecules to detect and capture certain ...

BiomEdit has raised an $18.4m Series B round and is gearing up to launch its first product, a designer probiotic to tackle ...

A host of scientific investigations await the crew of NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission during their long-duration expedition ...

Viruses and bacteria are always trying to sneak into our bodies, but researchers at the University of Missouri are ...

Researchers found that Bacillus megaterium can turn over 94% of CO₂ into solid rock using a clean, non-ammonia process.

Among U.S. infants aged 4 to 12 weeks, Bifidobacterium — a gut bacterium known to protect babies from allergies and chronic ...