The Latest Breaking News from Bacteria

The vaccine against the B strain is not available to most children and adolescents free of charge but a researcher says new trials could change its cost-effectiveness.

A research scientist has claimed that using a sponge to do the washing up could be making your plates worse to eat from - as bacteria build-up makes them filthy

An effective step-by-step guide for cleaning a washing machine drum, detergent drawer, and door seal to ensure fresher laundry

Wondering if you should keep or toss the three-day-old pasta in your fridge or the milk past its expiration date? Most food can safely be eaten days or weeks after the date on the packaging

The Abbott facility was closed in February after a recall involving bacterial infections in infants which led to a nationwide shortage

Plastic bottles, punnets, wrap – such lightweight packaging made of PET (Polyethylene terephthalate) plastic becomes a problem if it is not recycled. Scientists at Leipzig University have now discovered a highly efficient enzyme that degrades PET in record time. The enzyme PHL7, which the researchers found in a compost heap…

Governments can't plan economies, but can disrupt them.

It was the veritable search for a needle in a haystack. With drug-resistant bacteria on the rise, researchers at MIT were sifting through a database of more than 100 million molecules to identify a few that might have antibacterial properties.

Dentists can control the movement of nanobots that can generate enough heat to kill the bacteria in teeth but not damage surrounding healthy tissue

A bacteria have been discovered in Antarctica with genes that give them natural antibiotic and antim

‘My expectation is that within two months we should be beyond normal and with a plethora’