Antibiotics have been the workhorses of modern medicine, but their success has fueled a dangerous rise in drug-resistant ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Forty-eight thousand Americans die each year from infections contracted in hospitals. Now, researchers are tracking these deadly bugs from your home to the hospital and back ...

Deep within the world's oceans lurk marine bacteria armed with plastic-munching enzymes, their evolution seemingly sculpted ...

US scientists have bioengineered the octopus pigment xanthommatin in bacteria, producing 1,000 times more material than ...

A new species of bacteria has been discovered off the coast of Oʻahu, shedding light on how unseen microbial life connects Hawaiʻi’s land and sea ecosystems.

Bacteria use surfaces to join together into complex heterogeneous communities known as biofilms. Within a group, bacteria in a biofilm are extremely ...

Bacterial metabolites queuine and preQ1 have been found to directly regulate protein synthesis in human cells, promoting or ...

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) – Federal land managers have rejected an application by a Colorado company to use bacteria to produce methane from northeast Wyoming coal beds. Luca Technologies Inc. wants to use ...

Space exploration is taking humanity to new frontiers, but with that comes a unique challenge: how do we feed astronauts on ...