New antibiotics designed with the help of AI show promise against two deadly drug-resistant bacteria. Two of the new compounds attack bacteria in ways unseen in existing drugs.

The latest efforts to craft a global treaty to tackle plastic pollution have ended in ignominious failure once again. The gulf between the so-called high ambition countries and those with less lofty ...

One of the biggest problems farmers have to deal with is disease. Each year, diseases like bacterial wilt and crown gall disease cause the loss of 13–30% of crops. The soil-borne pathogens responsible ...