Some antibiotics stop bacteria from growing without actually killing them, allowing infections to return later. Scientists at ...

UF Health Cancer Institute researchers have discovered a small compound produced naturally by gut bacteria that doubled the ...

The quest for new antibiotics is going back to the Stone Age. The urgency to identify possible candidates has never been greater as the global population faces nearly 5 million deaths every year that ...

Synaptic plasticity allows brains to learn, adapt, and rewire. It’s foundational to memory, problem-solving, and complex ...

Researchers studying cyanobacteria from hot springs in Thailand have discovered a new natural UV-blocking compound with ...

Heat-resilient biofertilizers could help crops cope with rising temperatures but engineering them has been slow and uncertain ...

A new study reveals that bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment through two fundamentally different "shutdown modes," not ...

Drug-resistant bacteria are one of the most pressing health crises of our time, with predictions that they could claim up to 2 million lives annually by 2050. As scientists search for innovative ...

Scientists have discovered 26 new bacterial species that survived the extreme sterilization protocols of NASA cleanrooms ...

This pathogenic bacteria can catch rides on yeast puddles to help it spread. By Laura Baisas Published Jun 4, 2025 11:00 AM EDT Get the Popular Science daily ...

Bacteria have been around for billions of years. Could they have come up with complex behaviors that we just don’t understand yet? Could they have their own language? Their own culture? Their own ...