Quorum Innovations announced today that new peer-reviewed research demonstrating the rapid capture of nanoplastics by its proprietary technology, Qi601™, has been accepted for ...

For many years, scientists believed that stopping bacteria from communicating with each other could help treat infections.

Disrupting quorum sensing in Enterococcus faecalis can backfire, causing larger biofilms, higher antibiotic tolerance, and ...

A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have challenged the widely held assumption in infectious disease research that blocking ...

Antypas, H., Schmidtchen, V., Staiger, W.I. et al. Loss of Fsr quorum sensing promotes biofilm formation and worsens outcomes in enterococcal infective endocarditis. Nat Commun 17, 1668 (2026).

Aquaculture is critical for global food security, yet bacterial diseases remain a persistent challenge that threatens animal welfare and farm profitability.

Whether in the human body or on surfaces, bacteria protect themselves from outside attackers using biofilms. Physicist Eleonora Secchi is researching how these slime-like protective films are formed, ...

Light is a universal stimulus that influences all living things. Cycles of light and dark help set the biological clocks for organisms ranging from single-celled bacteria to human beings. Some ...

Light is a universal stimulus that influences all living things. Cycles of light and dark help set the biological clocks for organisms ranging from single-celled bacteria to human beings. Some ...

(a) rhamnolipid, (b) elastase, and (c) pyocyanin secreted by PAO1. (d) Effects of different plant extracts on virulence factor-related genes of PAO1. (e) Schematic illustration of the reduction of ...

On December 18, 2025, the U.S. Senate approved President Trump’s nominees, James Murphy and Scott Mayer, to serve as members on the National Labor Relations Board (Board). With the additions of Murphy ...

Bacteria that multiply on surfaces are a major headache in health care when they gain a foothold on, for example, implants or in catheters. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden ...