Latest microbiology News

Communicating uncertainty in research is hard, so we worked on how best to do it – here’s what you can watch out for
Tuberculosis Transmission May Hold Key To Prevention
Antarctic bacteria share ‘life-support’ genes to survive extreme conditions
Professor Peter Steinberg appointed inaugural Chair of the National Sea Simulator Advisory Group
Why does Salmonella cause serious illness in some people but not others?
World-leading immunologist new director of Lydia Becker Institute
Science Week opens the door to discovery across Tasmania
Celebrating Tasmania’s Innovators This Science Week
New knowledge could make cancer immunotherapy more effective
Nature’s Original Bioplastic Is Food For Animals
From silver dressings to healing spaces: a week that revealed the impact of university research
Some animals catch cancer from others in their species – here’s why humans aren’t one of them
Harmful bugs can thrive in your kitchen sponge for weeks – and you won’t be able to tell
Will dietary fiber help digestion? It might depend on your gut bacteria
Townsville lab leads push to break ‘blue blood’ tradition
Fishing for DNA – how a cup of river water can reveal secrets about human health, pollution and biodiversity
Cornell-led NIH grant will reveal how immune cells communicate in living tissues
Engineering Duo Lift-off With Space Scholarship
AI helps identify new antibiotic candidates against drug resistant gonorrhoea
Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Philadelphia in 1976 was mysterious and deadly – 50 years later, scientists know the cause but outbreaks continue
2026 New Zealand Space Scholarship winners announced
Pew grant project to design hepatitis C vaccine built on natural immunity
Some immune cells can limit the effect of cancer immunotherapy
Strong KI presence in call for excellence clusters for groundbreaking technologies
Biological Differences Linked To Severe Covid
The daily habit that can protect hospital patients from pneumonia
From Spoonies to sperm cells, genomics connects Cornell research
NSW scientists help unlock new opportunities for chickpea production
Immunology center announces 2026 multidisciplinary seed grant recipients
World Inside Each One Of Us
How ‘bacterial zombies’ play a role in immunity, evolution
Vaccine strategy induces broadly neutralising HIV antibodies
Scientists have found a safer way to hunt for the next pandemic virus
Koala vaccine offers clues to solving human health challenge
Nanoscale Robotic Cleaner
Ticks are the backyard threat southwestern Pennsylvania homeowners keep ignoring
First European case of H9N2 bird flu reported in Italy – what you need to know
Is it safe to eat cold leftovers?
Kent meningitis outbreak: the latest on the bacterial strain at its centre
Erdinc Sezgin: “The real outcome of KIRI is the next generation of researchers”
Scientists Engineer E. Coli To Monitor Arsenic
Weaning, more than a change of food: it shapes a life-long healthy gut
Otago lab addresses the people-side of food safety
Rapid sequencing method offers same day detection of antibiotic resistance
Turning penicillin into a lethal force against bacteria again
Seaweed has the potential to create a shield to block norovirus infection
Here’s why you might want to clean your headphones
Researchers find harmful algae species wasn’t new to South Australian waters