New research suggests drought can stoke antibiotic resistance in soil bacteria — and that can have an impact on humans.

For as long as we’ve known that soil bacteria manufacture molecular weapons to fight each other, we’ve been swiping their ...

A Caltech-led study published in Nature Microbiology found that drought conditions increase the abundance of ...

Soil dryness from drought can increase the amount of natural antibiotics and promote the growth of antibiotic-resistant ...

New research suggests drought can stoke antibiotic resistance in soil bacteria, and those genes can end up in human pathogens.

Research from Argentina suggests use of glyphosate may select for antibiotic-resistant bacteria in soil that could spread to ...

In the brutal world of deep caves, bacteria live in a miniature world of terror. The weapons they have evolved can defeat antibiotics – but now they are inspiring powerful new drugs.

Some bacteria do not defeat antibiotics by evolving resistance right away—they outlast treatment by slipping into ...

A groundbreaking antibiotic discovery might finally tip the balance in the global fight against drug-resistant bacteria. Scientists have unveiled a rare molecule with a fresh way to stop dangerous ...

Extensive application of the weed killer in Argentina may be unintentionally selecting for bacteria already resistant to many ...