A novel new test for bacteria in fluids makes it as easy as observing a colour change to confirm the presence of disease-causing pathogens, promising much easier diagnostic tests and greater food safety.

Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (Sick Kids) have uncovered that stress changes how our brain encodes and retrieves aversive memories, and discovered a promising new way to restore appropriate memory specificity in people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

With the help of a study, researchers have revealed that resistant bacteria can regain susceptibility to antibiotics when the treatment is combined with a material equipped with antibacterial peptides. They further state that antibiotics can achieve a 64-fold increase in bactericidal effect when used together with the material, whose antibacterial properties are also greatly enhanced by this combination.

As the number and complexity of samples and drug products grows, pharmaceutical and biotechnology organisations are facing challenges in storing samples requiring ultra-low temperatures. However, advanced solutions exist to overcome these challenges — solutions that introduce centralisation, automation, innovation, and third-party services to sample management.

A new study shows that bio-based materials may pose a higher health risk to some of the planet's most crucial species than the conventional plastics they aim to replace. The research has led scientists to suggest that materials being advocated as alternatives to plastic should be tested thoroughly before they are used extensively in a range of products.

A new study has revealed for the first time that inhabitants of the smallest countries in the world and which contribute the least to climate change are at a higher risk of flooding.

Researchers have developed a new model in which steam cells can be rapidly converted into brain cells with protein structures characteristic of Parkinson’s disease. This will help researchers to study Parkinson’s unique and highly variable disease pathology in a petri dish.

Reducing consumption of processed meat by around one-third could prevent more than 350,000 cases of diabetes in the US over ten years, a study suggests.

A new study calls into question the feasibility of assessment of the risk for sudden cardiac death as basis for a personalized decision on preventive defibrillator implantation.

A study in the UK has revealed that preterm birth rates are lower than the national average for white women and higher for black and Asian women as well as for women living in the most deprived areas.