Bacteria have many ways to evade the antibiotics that we use against them. Each year, at least 2.8 million people ...
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A new tool to investigate bacteria behind hospital infectionsA new tool to investigate bacteria behind hospital infections
Researchers from the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) at Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research ...
Inspired by kombucha tea, engineers create “living materials”Inspired by kombucha tea, engineers create “living materials”
Engineers at MIT and Imperial College London have developed a new way to generate tough, functional materials using a mixture ...
Scientists discover slimy microbes that may help keep coral reefs healthyScientists discover slimy microbes that may help keep coral reefs healthy
Corals have evolved over millennia to live, and even thrive, in waters with few nutrients. In healthy reefs, the water ...
A new way to make bacteria more sensitive to antibioticsA new way to make bacteria more sensitive to antibiotics
Researchers from the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, have discovered a new way ...
Scientists discover new rules about “runaway” transcriptionScientists discover new rules about “runaway” transcription
On the evolutionary tree, humans diverged from yeast roughly 1 billion years ago. By comparison, two seemingly similar species of ...
A new tool for modeling the human gut microbiomeA new tool for modeling the human gut microbiome
Several thousand strains of bacteria live in the human gut. Some of these are associated with disease, while others have ...
SMART researchers uncover new anti-phage defense mechanismsSMART researchers uncover new anti-phage defense mechanisms
Researchers from Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, have discovered a new anti-phage defense ...
Artificial intelligence yields new antibioticArtificial intelligence yields new antibiotic
Using a machine-learning algorithm, MIT researchers have identified a powerful new antibiotic compound. In laboratory tests, the drug killed many ...
SMART and NTU researchers design polymer that can kill drug-resistant bacteriaSMART and NTU researchers design polymer that can kill drug-resistant bacteria
Researchers from Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have ...