The Illuminating Discovery Hub hosted the Crossroads of Ideas public talk ‘When Antibiotics Fail,’ the final of a three-part mini-series on “productive failure” March 18. University of Wisconsin ...

Talk about a culture shock. Microplastics, like the ones pictured here, have been linked to several health concerns. Researchers from Boston University identified another downside to microplastics — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ice caves host a variety of microorganisms, which if melted, could add to the challenge of antibiotic resistance. But researchers ...

Senior residential homes are breeding grounds for antibiotic-resistant bacteria, due to overprescription of antibiotics, a new study says. Stool samples provided by Australian senior home residents ...

The microscopic shards of plastic found in every corner of the planet may be exacerbating antibiotic resistance, a new study has found. Bacteria exposed to these ubiquitous fragments, known as ...

Researchers at Boston University found that microplastics can help bacteria become resistant to antibiotics. When E. coli grew on microplastics, they formed stronger biofilms that blocked antibiotic ...

Biomedical engineers from Brown University have developed a new wound dressing material that releases antibiotic drugs only ...

Especially before antibiotics were available, this was a common cause of blindness in newborns. "Gonococci are notorious for quickly becoming resistant to antibiotics," says chemist Thomas Böttcher.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imagine going to the hospital for a bacterial ear infection and hearing your doctor say, “We’re out of options.” It may sound ...

Forget bedbugs and cockroaches — NYC is battling “superbugs” that can’t easily be quashed. Candida auris, for one, survives ...