The rise of antibiotic resistance has renewed interest in bacteriophages as therapeutic alternatives. However, co-evolution of phage and bacteria will naturally give rise to phage-resistant pathogens, ...

Pathogens can create sticky situations. When microbes invade the body to cause an infection, often one of their first lines ...

The 1.1 million learners who recently completed Grade 9 and sat the Kenya Junior Secondary Education Assessment (KJSEA) have until the end of December to revise pathway choices. The government has ...

More Harvard College students than ever are passing their classes with flying colors, but the College’s evaluation system is “failing to perform the key functions of grading,” according to a report ...

Artificial intelligence can design toxins that evade security controls. A team at Microsoft says it used artificial intelligence to discover a "zero day" vulnerability in the biosecurity systems used ...

Eclipses are eclipsing, a full moon is on the wane and we are in the midst of a double portal, folks. As we stand in the potent space between the lunar eclipse on September 7 and the solar eclipse on ...

In a new genetic study, scientists have charted the rise of 214 human diseases across ancient Europe and Asia. By Carl Zimmer To prepare for future pandemics, scientists look to the past for clues.

Thompson is a microbial geneticist, RNA biologist, and educator at Howard University. Biotechnology has become a pillar of national resilience. Once considered niche, fields like synthetic biology, ...

More than one million Grade 9 learners have started selecting their senior school pathways under the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC), marking a key phase in Kenya’s education reform. Each learner is ...

They’re not alive, but they destroy with terrifying precision. Prions are misfolded proteins behind some of the most horrifying and incurable diseases known to medicine. Here’s how they work—and why ...

Two Chinese nationals were charged with conspiracy and smuggling goods. The biological pathogen federal authorities accuse two Chinese nationals of smuggling into the U.S. can be concerning for ...