Nearly a century ago, Alexander Fleming’s accidental discovery of penicillin sparked a revolution in medicine and transformed the fight against infectious diseases. Antibiotics, alongside improvements ...

On a bench in a Philadelphia lab, a robot the size of a microwave clicks through tiny vials, building molecules that existed only as lines of code a week earlier. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

In 1928, Alexander Fleming’s accidental discovery of penicillin revolutionized medicine, turning once-deadly infections into curable inconveniences. But nearly a century later, that miracle is ...

A groundbreaking antibiotic discovery might finally tip the balance in the global fight against drug-resistant bacteria. Scientists have unveiled a rare molecule with a fresh way to stop dangerous ...

In an unprecedented breakthrough, artificial intelligence has been instrumental in unearthing twelve new antibiotics from soil samples. This discovery puts forth new avenues in battling drug-resistant ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new AI system called AMP-Diffusion is designing powerful antibiotics that fight resistant bacteria. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) ...

Artificial intelligence has invented two new potential antibiotics that could kill drug-resistant gonorrhoea and MRSA, researchers have revealed. The drugs were designed atom-by-atom by the AI and ...

Well before his discovery of penicillin, Alexander Fleming was a member of the Chelsea Arts Club. Less well known is that he also painted with living organisms. Corbis Even to scientists, the question ...