Antimicrobial resistance is an urgent and growing global crisis. Researchers are exploring phages, viruses that infect bacteria, as a possible solution. In the new study, researchers successfully modified DNA from four types of phages to kill a deadly pathogen. The process can also be used to produce more phage variants...
How the Balearic Shearwater Is Adaptive to Climate
How individual animals respond to climate change is key to whether populations will persist or go extinct.
Saharan Dust Blows Toward Europe
A large plume of dust from the Sahara Desert blew west over the Atlantic Ocean and then curled north toward Europe in late January 2024.
Black summer bushfires in Australia wiped $2.8 billion from tourism supply chain
First input-output economic analysis of the 2019-20 Australian fires also found 7300 jobs were lost. The study highlights economic vulnerabilities to extremes of climate change.
AI-powered app can detect poison ivy
To find poison ivy before it finds you, scientists have published a new study in which they show how they used artificial intelligence to confirm that an app can identify poison ivy. The app is not yet commercially available, nor is there a timetable for it to be available.
Using computers to design proteins allows researchers to make tunable hydrogels that can form both inside and outside of cells
New research demonstrates a new class of hydrogels that can form not just outside cells, but also inside of them. These hydrogels exhibited similar mechanical properties both inside and outside of cells, providing researchers with a new tool to group proteins together inside of cells.
Asparagus and orchids are more similar than you think
How is a beech leaf constructed? What determines the appearance of an asparagus? A new 'encyclopaedia' helps us learn more about the building blocks of plants. The encyclopaedia, probably the largest of its kind, could be used to improve targeted plant breeding efforts, to make them both more climate-resilient and...
Gut microbiota influence severity of respiratory viral infection
The composition of microbiota found in the gut influences how susceptible mice are to respiratory virus infections and the severity of these infections.
Tomato juice’s antimicrobial properties can kill salmonella
New research shows that tomato juice can kill Salmonella Typhi and other bacteria that can harm people's digestive and urinary tract health.
Some plastic straws degrade quicker than others, new study shows
Not all plastics are created the same, and some last longer in the ocean than others. Scientists have been working for years to quantify the environmental lifetimes of a wide range of plastic goods to see which have the shortest and longest lifespans in the ocean. To determine what plastics...