With about half the world’s population living close to the coast, using seawater to flush toilets could be possible with a salt-tolerant bacterium.

Laser-based microscopes can tune into multiple biomolecular signatures found in cancer cells.

Ultraviolet light could thwart antimicrobial resistance by damaging DNA material in wastewater.

A machine learning method has identified highly elusive amino acid sequences involved in cell morphogenesis and adhesion and in diseases like cancer.

A newly discovered plant metabolite that promotes anchor root growth may prove valuable in helping crops grow in nutrient-deficient soils.

Medical diagnostic device extracts energy from sugars naturally present in the body to drive its glucose-sensing circuitry.

Identifying genes that confer resistance to leaf rust infections could help generate durably resistant cereal crops.

Factors influencing the tolerance of barley to saline soils have been uncovered using an advanced robust statistical technique.

Plant scientist Salim Al-Babili and his team are working across many fronts to save sub-Saharan African cereal crops from a menacing weed.

Discovery of signaling intermediary could lead to more pest-resistant crops.

No evidence of infection found in the bacterial community around shark wounds.

A protein, with a name reminiscent of legendary Greek sailors, has an unexpected role inside the human nucleus.

Discarded PET bottles could find a new life in the chemical industry.

Today on World Food Day, a team of Plant Scientists from King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST) has begun a major project to improve global date palm production and protection.

Protein-folded DNA nanostructures offer a new building material for biotechnology.

The colonization of tomato plants with a beneficial desert root fungus protects against effects of salt stress.

Microplastics in the water column are ingested by clams and become attached to their shells.

When a thin layer of water is squeezed between two hydrophobic surfaces, the laws of classical physics break down.