Pesticides and antibiotics are linked inextricably in the looming crisis of human and ecosystem health. Both started out as ...

Rhubarb could help battle deadly antibiotic-resistant superbugs such as E. coli, suggests new research. Natural compounds ...

When people take antibiotics, some of the dose is excreted with urine and feces and ends up in our wastewater. The presence ...

A new study from Emory University addresses the growing global crisis of antibiotic-resistant infections. Many of these drug-resistant bacteria are spread through hospitals, and there are few ...

But if nonantibiotics kill bacteria in similar ways to known antibiotics, their prolonged use, such as in the treatment of chronic disease, might inadvertently promote antibiotic resistance.

The discovery of an "Achilles' heel" in strains of antibiotic-resistant bacteria may provide a better way to deal with this public health crisis. That is the conclusion of an international team of ...

Antibiotic resistance occurs when bacteria evolve to survive the drugs meant to kill them, making infections harder to treat.

Illustration of how the razor-sharp flakes of graphene line up together on a surface and can kill bacteria without harming healthy human cells. The bactericidal graphene surfaces developed at Chalmers ...