You’re exposed to chemicals all day, whether it’s from skincare products, eating certain foods, or just getting dressed. But ...

Scientists have uncovered the cause of auto-brewery syndrome. Certain gut bacteria, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia ...

Early in 2025, scientists discovered a promising new antibiotic in a soil sample from a lab technician's backyard. The ...

“Mirror bacteria” made in a lab could endanger all life on earth, an international group of leading scientists have warned in a new report. All building-block molecules of life like DNA, proteins and ...

Thanks to lab-grown miniature intestines, researchers at Uppsala University have successfully mapped how aggressive Shigella bacteria infect the human gut. The study opens the door to using cultured ...

Using ribosome engineering (RE), researchers from Shinshu University introduced mutations affecting the protein synthesis ...

In peer-reviewed study on mice, Technion scientists say novel method using harmless microneedle patches opens the door to ...

The European Commission has named the labs that will lead work on bacteria, parasites, and viruses. The European Reference Laboratories (EURLs) are for food- and water-borne bacteria, food- and ...

A mineral-hogging fungus can “bully” bacteria into becoming more antibiotic resistant, according to new work published June 20 in the journal PLOS Biology by Fred Hutch Cancer Center scientists. The ...

All building-block molecules of life like DNA, proteins and carbohydrates have a unique structural property that still perplexes scientists. They have what is called structural asymmetry, or chirality ...

Bacteria are ubiquitous microscopic organisms capable of rapid growth. While beneficial strains like lactic acid bacteria (LAB) promote gut health and food preservation, pathogenic bacteria such as ...