Just like every other creature, bacteria have evolved creative ways of getting around. Sometimes this is easy, like swimming ...

"The UN estimates that by 2050, common bacterial infections could kill more people than cancer," says Arnold Mathijssen, a biophysicist at the University of Pennsylvania who studies how active ...

Hoosiers looking to cool off with a dip in open waters this summer may be met with health risks and beach closures due to E. coli pollution. The bacteria prompted temporary swimming bans at Eagle ...

Nanoplastics are everywhere. These fragments are so tiny they can accumulate on bacteria and be taken up by plant roots; they're in our food, our water, and our bodies. Scientists don't know the full ...