A powder disinfects contaminated water when exposed to sunlight. It could bring clean water to 2 billion people around the world without it.

A coating derived from tea tree and cinnamon oils quickly kills bacteria and viruses like SARS-CoV-2, E. coli, and MRSA and keeps killing them for months.

New research fine-tunes custom hydrogels to mimic the insides of the intestine and create a home for intestinal bacteria.

When E. coli bacteria emerge from their host's body, they're suddenly without food. New research suggests they shrink to avoid starvation.

New research clarifies how recurrent diarrhea from E. coli can lead to long-term nutritional problems.

The findings from a toddler’s severe infection with Shiga-toxin E. coli could help identify genetic markers and potential vaccines for the increasingly common pathogen.

"It seems that evolution is myopic. It focuses on the most immediate problem, puts a Band-Aid on, and then it moves on to the next problem..."

A new titanium dioxide coating "can add an additional layer of prevention to help stop the spread of foodborne contamination."

A tiny device that detects bacteria in blood could help diagnose and fight deadly infections, researchers say.

Conventional culture-based lab tests may misdiagnose as many as half of the microbial causes of diarrhea diseases in children