In the ultra-sterile cleanrooms where NASA assembles spacecraft bound for other worlds, scientists have uncovered 12 ...

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

Mapping the genomes of the bacteria responsible for yaws, a debilitating childhood disease, has uncovered new insights into ...

Drugs that act against bacteria are mainly assessed based on how well they inhibit bacterial growth under laboratory ...

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

Breast milk contains living bacteria that transfer to babies' guts, helping build healthy digestion and immune systems.