The antibiotic teixobactin—developed a decade ago by Northeastern University professors Kim Lewis and Slava Epstein in ...

At first it was believed the anthrax came from a natural source. But when another worker became ill and virulent spores were discovered at their workplace, the mystery turned sinister. A few days ...

Shortly after the destruction of the World Trade Center and the attack on the Pentagon, letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to media outlets and government officials. Twenty-two people ...

The live anthrax spores were shipped to government and commercial labs in nine US states from Dugway Proving Ground in Utah. The sample from which the spores were taken was used for training purposes.

A US Army lab shipped live spores of the deadly bacterium because of improper irradiation protocols, a Department of Defense review has found. Kerry served as The Scientist’s news director until 2021.

As global temperatures rise and climate change accelerates glaciers and permafrost are melting at unprecedented rates. While ...

undoubtedly caused by the accidental release of aerosolized anthrax spores from the military base. Given the hundreds of tons of anthrax the Sverdlovsk facility could produce, the release of just ...

Officials from the government and the United States began discussions Wednesday on how to conduct a joint investigation into ...

One early project, dubbed "Operation Vegetarian," investigated the practicality of dropping linseed cakes containing anthrax bacterial spores over Germany that would kill any cattle that ate them.

These tests were to demonstrate the killing power of anthrax during the second world war. Disease spores were released on to the tiny island to wipe out a flock of sheep. The island, Gruinard, just ...