In 1812, Napoleon's Grande Armée marched into Russia with more than 600,000 soldiers, only to be decimated not just by battle ...

Every year, around 600 million people are struck down by foodborne illnesses. The culprits are often common yet dangerous bacteria, such as E. coli and Salmonella, that thrive in undercooked or ...

These tests revealed that two molecules, including premethylenomycin C lactone, were much more effective than methylenomycin ...

In patients with inflammatory bowel disease, severe gastrointestinal infections may trigger disease flares, requiring ...

Researchers have just identified a powerful new antibiotic – in a significant discovery made not by breaking new ground, but ...

With the continuous expansion of industrial and agricultural activities, the contamination of water bodies and soils by heavy ...

Investigating polymer biodegradation, Lehigh University and Dow aim to optimize microbial processes in wastewater treatment for better environmental outcomes.

The antibiotics, called polymyxins, were observed forcing the armored membranes around Escherichia coli bacterial cells to grow bumps and bulges. The bacteria then shed their outer membranes, leaving ...

People with certain bacteria and fungi in their mouths may face a dramatically higher risk of pancreatic cancer — more than three times greater — according to new research from NYU Langone Health and ...

State officials are warning people to stay out the water at Midtown Beach after a recent water-quality sample of the area found high levels of bacteria. The Florida Department of Health in Palm Beach ...

A new study from the CDC found that infection rates for a drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” are on the rise, increasing nearly 70% between 2019 and 2023. The increase was primarily driven by the NDM ...

Researchers have revealed how polymyxins, crucial last-resort antibiotics, break down bacterial armor by forcing cells to overproduce and shed it. Astonishingly, the drugs only kill bacteria when they ...