Next-generation technology has helped solve a 30-year mystery of how Legionnaires' disease—a severe form of pneumonia—works, ...

Sexually transmitted disease rates for U.S. adults fell last year, but syphilis in newborns continued to rise, according to ...

Now, new research out of Germany suggests that consuming soft drinks can also increase the odds of developing depression.

The research is opening new frontiers in pest control and evolutionary biology. An international group of scientists has uncovered a strange tubular structure within Profftella, a bacterium that lives ...

Calcium, a mineral involved in wound healing, can strengthen the attachment between microbe and skin and make infections hard to shake.

Scientists have for the first time used artificial intelligence to design viruses capable of killing harmful bacteria. In a ...

An injectable gel activated by low-dose X-rays delivers sustained antibacterial effects in deep tissue by generating reactive oxygen species, offering a non-antibiotic strategy for hard-to-treat ...

According to a new study, it might be more than just melted ice or leftover pulp. Researchers from the University of Birmingham tested 155 samples of popular beverages sold in UK supermarkets and ...

A multinational research team has discovered a mysterious tubular structure—previously unknown in any organism—within Profftella, a symbiotic bacterium associated with a major global citrus pest. This ...

The Yale labs of Craig Roy and Jun Liu have harnessed the power of cryo-EM to solve a 30-year mystery of how the Legionella ...

To the naked eye, a recently-vacuumed carpet looks pristine. But while your carpet may appear perfectly clean on the surface, ...