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Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a fluorescent chemical probe that glows in the presence of NDM, a bacterial enzyme that neutralizes powerful antibiotics like penicillin and carbapenems. In the perpetual arms races between bacteria and human-made antibiotics, there is ...

UNIGE researchers have discovered that a medication commonly used to treat herpes can combat an antibiotic-resistant bacterium by disrupting its defense mechanisms. Antibiotic resistance, or the ability of bacteria to develop resistance to treatment with antibiotics, has become a major concern for g...

A shape-shifting antibiotic, combining bullvalene and vancomycin via click chemistry, has shown superior efficacy against drug-resistant bacteria in tests. Antibiotic resistance is a major public health threat, ranked as one of the top 10 by the World Health Organization. Every year, in the United S...

A newly discovered antibiotic, Clovibactin, shows immense potential in combating antibiotic-resistant bacteria by targeting multiple cell wall components while preventing resistance. A new powerful antibiotic, isolated from previously unstudied bacteria, shows promise in tackling harmful bacteria, i...

Researchers have developed an eco-friendly method to produce antibacterial silver nanoparticles using goji berries, a popular superfood. This innovative approach promises a greener alternative to conventional chemical methods, leveraging the natural properties of goji berries for effective antimicro...

Complementary discoveries have the potential to enhance treatment options for antibiotic-resistant infections. Researchers at the University of Illinois have made complementary discoveries that enhance our understanding of bacterial immune systems and offer new strategies for combating antibiotic-re...

Scientists have created a new type of super-strong antibody that could significantly enhance cancer immunotherapy. In an exciting advance for cancer treatment, scientists have developed a new type of powerful antibody that could help the immune system fight cancer more effectively. Researchers at th...

University of Oklahoma researchers published an opinion article in the journal Nature Chemical Biology that addresses the gap in the discovery of new antibiotics. “The continuing emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and our inability to develop new antibiotics to combat them, represent two of...

The proliferation of face coverings to keep COVID-19 in check isn’t keeping kids from understanding facial expressions, according to a new study by University of Wisconsin-Madison psychologists. It’s easiest to understand the emotions of the people around you by taking in all the hints t...

These slow growing bacteria have long puzzled TB researchers. Turns out the answer lies in the epigenetic domain. For a slow-growing microbe that multiplies infrequently, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the pathogen that causes tuberculosis (TB) has long puzzled researchers as to how it develops resista...

Dual-acting immuno-antibiotics block an essential pathway in bacteria and activate the adaptive immune response. Wistar Institute scientists have discovered a new class of compounds that uniquely combine direct antibiotic killing of pan-drug-resistant bacterial pathogens with a simultaneous rapid im...

Scientists from Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley have designed a rechargeable N95 mask with a custom fit. In the early days of the pandemic, amidst all the uncertainty, one thing was for sure: N95 masks – the personal protective respiratory devices that filter out viruses, bacteria, and wildfire smoke –...

A computer model deepens our understanding of airflow while wearing face masks, where particles land in the respiratory tract and the effectiveness of three-layer surgical masks. Even though it has been widely known that wearing a face mask will help mitigate the community spread of COVID-19, less i...

Havana syndrome is likely linked to high-power microwaves, a Cold War-era technology now used in modern directed energy weapons. The mystery ailment that has afflicted U.S. embassy staff and CIA officers off and on over the last four years in Cuba, China, Russia and other countries appears to have b...

In Michelle O’Malley’s lab, a simple approach suggests a big leap forward in addressing the challenge of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Scientists have long been aware of the dangerous overuse of antibiotics and the increasing number of antibiotic-resistant microbes that have resulted. W...

Researchers Discovered How Hormone-Like Molecules Activate Antibiotic Production in Soil Bacteria Mechanism for control of antibiotic production in soil bacteria is visualized for the first time by scientists at University of Warwick and Monash University Research reported in Nature could lead to im...

A groundbreaking phage therapy strategy enables targeted destruction of harmful gut bacteria through a unique virus that binds to intestinal surfaces. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and other institutions have identified a novel strategy that can eliminate bacteria in a specific location ...

Airflow patterns around two people conversing in typical situations, such as hair salons, medical exam rooms, and long-term care facilities. COVID-19 can spread from asymptomatic but infected people through small aerosol droplets in their exhaled breath. Most studies of the flow of exhaled air have ...

Lack of symmetry in qubits can’t fix errors in quantum computing, but might explain matter/antimatter imbalance. Unexpected twist in the Kibble-Zurek theory offers a new approach to solving two famous physics problems regarding matter/antimatter asymmetry and isotope separation. A team of quantum th...

The South Pole neutrino detector saw a Glashow resonance event, a phenomenon predicted by Nobel laureate physicist Sheldon Glashow in 1960 where an electron antineutrino and an electron interact to produce a W- boson. On December 6, 2016, a high-energy particle called an electron antineutrino hurtle...