Q&A: How do bacteria become resistant to antibiotics?

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the deadly drug-resistant bacteria NDM-CRE found a 70% ...

Soil bacteria and minerals can form a natural 'battery' that breaks down antibiotics in the dark

Researchers have unveiled a surprising new way that soil microbes can use sunlight energy—even after the lights go out. A ...

How pollution and the microbiome interact with Tregs, the immune system regulators whose discovery won the Nobel Prize

A special group of immune cells known as regulatory T cells, or Tregs for short, became an overnight sensation when a trio of ...
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8 Common Foods That Are Microplastic Red Flags

One study found that 90% of the 39 sampled salt brands worldwide contained microplastics. This likely results from ...