CHICAGO, IL – We’ve all been there—a tasty snack slips from your plate and lands on the floor. It’s frustrating, especially in the middle of a good meal. And in that moment of hesitation, many people ...

It might sound like a yarn invented by someone who insists they have not had one too many drinks. Yet auto-brewery syndrome (ABS) – where the body makes its own alcohol from food in the gut – is a ...

“The discovery of a new antibiotic is just the first step in advancing it toward clinical use. It is vital to understand potential mechanisms of resistance to pressure test the novelty and clinical ...

Plants make substances called alkaloids to protect themselves, and humans have long taken advantage of these chemicals, using them in painkillers, treatments for disease and household products such as ...

I made iron using bacteria and natural methods. Unconventional techniques allowed extraction of usable iron from natural sources. Supreme Court delivers major blow to Trump-era rule Leaked emails ...

Bacterial patterns invisible to the eye reveal hidden information only with correct biochemical triggers, creating anti-counterfeiting codes that are harder to copy or forge. (Nanowerk Spotlight) A ...

Alcina Johnson Sudagar received funding from the European Union's Marie Curie Horizon 2020 program for this work. Part of the work has been patented, Polish patent valid since August 2020 (Patent no: ...

It’s a home cook’s nightmare: You open the fridge ready to make dinner and realize the meat has spoiled. You have to throw it out, kicking yourself for not cooking it sooner. According to the USDA, a ...

A novel treatment for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is on the horizon, with the discovery that two specific gut microbes produce serotonin that protects against inflammation and damage. Scientists ...

LANGHORNE, Pa. (WPVI) -- A high school student in Bucks County died after contracting bacterial meningitis, according to the school district and county health department. Ryan Duffy, 18, became ill ...

Last fall, more than 100 people in 14 states got sick after eating at McDonald’s. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention traced the outbreak to raw onions on the quarter-pounder hamburger, ...

Scientists have used AI to design bacteriophages, or viruses that infect only bacteria. Does the prospect of designing viruses with AI pose threats to biosecurity? When you purchase through links on ...