A research team led by Professor Tong Zhang from the Department of Civil Engineering of Faculty of Engineering at the ...

A research team has developed a computational tool, Argo, designed to accurately track ARGs in environmental samples, providing insights into their dissemination and associated risks.

Argo overview The global proliferation of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) poses a significant threat to the efficacy of ...

Drug-resistant bacteria are one of the most urgent threats in modern medicine. But scientists are looking to oysters for help ...

Recent discoveries are helping scientists face this challenge in innovative ways. Studies have found that nearly a quarter of drugs that aren’t normally prescribed as antibiotics, such as medications ...

One way microplastics fuel antibiotic resistance is by acting as “hotspots” for bacteria to interact and exchange genes.

The industrially ravaged Gowanus Canal, long regarded as a symbol of urban environmental neglect, is being reimagined through ...

By the Editors of E Environmental Magazine of the nonprofit EarthTalk  Microplastics are tiny plastic fragments that pollute oceans, rivers and the air. They’re now being linked to a serious public ...

A research team led by Professor Tong Zhang from the Department of Civil Engineering of Faculty of Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has developed a computational tool, Argo, designed ...