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Why skipping night time brushing is risky business for your teeth

Microbes could help unlock vital nutrients in lunar soil to one day help farms sustain astronaut crews on the moon, a new study reports.

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the biggest global threats to health, food security and development. This month, The Conversation’s experts explore how we got here and the potential solutions.

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the biggest global threats to health, food security and development. This month, The Conversation’s experts explore how we got here and the potential solutions.

Water pollution is a growing concern globally, with research estimating that chemical industries discharge 300-400 megatonnes (600-800 billion pounds) of industrial waste into bodies of water each year.

Wolbachia: An unlikely hero

Researchers from NICED develop two-step PCR-based assay to detect H. pylori infection and identify clarithromycin-resistant bacteria in six-seven hours. It has 100% sensitivity and specificity and bypasses the slow growth of H. pylori bacteria and the weeks-long drug-sensitivity tests. The assay is a response to the increasing incidence of clarithromycin-resistant H. pylori bacteria in India, which…

Scientists found a potential cause of a mysterious die-off of African savanna elephants in 2020 after they discovered deadly bacteria lurking in six corpses.

A study found that many common antibiotics were less than 50% effective at treating serious bacterial infections in children and newborn babies in the Asia-Pacific.