One hundred years ago, the state of the art in finding antibiotics was epitomized by the playful explorations of Alexander Fleming, the Scotsman who discovered penicillin. "I play with microbes," ...

A chemistry-combing algorithm uncovered a promising new antibiotic molecule called halicin. Researchers have spent tons of time and money searching for something to replace traditional antibiotics.

Bacteria are evolving resistance to antibiotics much faster than new drugs can be developed, potentially leading us to a dangerous future where infections are more likely to be deadly. Now, an ...

Imagine you’re a fossil hunter. You spend months in the heat of Arizona digging up bones only to find that what you’ve uncovered is from a previously discovered dinosaur. That’s how the search for ...

Researchers at MIT used a machine-learning algorithm to uncover the potent antibiotic properties hiding within a small-molecule drug that had been explored as a potential diabetes treatment. In early ...

An algorithm designed by researchers at MIT has found a compound that could lead to development of a potentially powerful new antibiotic, something that has been scarce in the pharmaceutical industry ...

A deep learning algorithm developed at MIT has discovered new antibiotics that can treat drug-resistant diseases by killing 35 powerful bacteria. The pathogens that the halicin antibiotic has ...

Researchers have identified a powerful new antibiotic compound using artificial intelligence (AI) which can kill some of the world's most dangerous bacteria. According to a study published in the ...

Imagine you’re a fossil hunter. You spend months in the heat of Arizona digging up bones only to find that what you’ve uncovered is from a previously discovered dinosaur. That’s how the search for ...