Researchers suggest the bacteria could be designed to detect pollution or nutrients, acting as sensors to help farmers ...

Dr. Jessica Shepherd, chief medical officer for Hers, joins ABC News Live to discuss the results of the president’s physical.

MIT scientists have found a clever new way to make bacteria send out signals that can be seen from far away—up to 90 meters.

Bacteria can be engineered to sense a variety of molecules, such as pollutants or soil nutrients. In most cases, however, these signals can only be detected by looking at the cells under a microscope ...

Veridi is automating the process of soil biodiversity diagnostics to make it faster, cheaper, and accessible to anyone.

A scientist who was working on plague-causing bacteria caught the disease despite using weakened strains that were deemed ...

Alcohol is used in disinfectants (think GermEx), and disinfectants are solely used to kill bacteria. And while we’re playing devil’s advocate, alcohol can also sterilize good bacteria, so it’s a toss ...

Memphis-Shelby County Schools said one case of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, was confirmed at an elementary ...

The National Park Service is cutting off access to Cleetwood Cove Trail, the most heavily used trail at Crater Lake National Park, at the end of the 2025 summer session.

But folklore is stubborn, capable of resisting even the most compelling facts. By 1925, when Popular Science reported the ...

A key to antibiotic resistance might be the use of viruses to kill bacteria, however, the systems that bacteria employ to defense themselves against viruses are unknown. Understanding these systems ...