At a CSIR-NCL symposium, experts emphasized hospital wastewater surveillance as crucial for early detection of antimicrobial resistance, a major global health threat.

A hidden antibiotic, forged inside a familiar microbe and overlooked for years, has turned out to be roughly 100 times more ...

Indoor air quality affects how we sleep, work, and feel through the day. This guide looks at affordable air purifiers for everyday use that suit bedrooms, living rooms, and home offices.

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a spray-on polymer coating that could help plants resist ...

The expansive, dense eelgrass beds that line much of the U.S. coastline provide invaluable habitat and other services to ...

Villagers in Jajpur district blocked a road for three hours, demanding safe drinking water after polluted tube wells were sealed due to a diarrhoea ou ...

The impact of kefir on gut and oral microbiomes shows promise, but inconsistent findings and study limitations call for more ...

The unique blend of fungi and bacteria in a region’s soil may be the strongest factor explaining its rates of childhood allergic disease, with certain assemblages of soil critters appearing linked ...

Scientists are hard at work trying to assess the scale of our microplastic pollution problem and the likely health impacts. A new study now identifies several downstream health risks these tiny ...