New Antibiotics, H2O Pollution Test, Cooperative Camouflage

Today, you’ll learn about a new class of antibiotics that kills drug-resistant bugs, a water pollution test that can tell scientists where the pollution came from, and spiders that collaborate.  

New Antibiotics 

• “New antibiotic class effective against multidrug-resistant bacteria.” Uppsala Universitet. 2024.  
• “10 reasons YOU should be worried about antibiotic resistance.” by Diane Ashiru-Oredope. 2014.  
• “What You Need to Know About a Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection.” by Kirsten Nunez. 2022.  
• “Antibiotic class with potent in vivo activity targeting lipopolysaccharide synthesis in Gram-negative bacteria.” by Douglas L. Huseby, et al. 2024.  

H2O Pollution Test 

• “New approach to monitoring freshwater quality can identify sources of pollution, and predict their effects.” University of Cambridge. 2024.  
• “7 Effects Of Water Pollution.” AtlasScientific. 2023.  
• “Chemodiversity in freshwater health.” by Andrew J. Tanentzap & Jeremy A. Fonvielle. 2024.  

Cooperative Camouflage 

• “In a first, these crab spiders appear to collaborate, creating camouflage.” by Saugat Bolakhe. 2024.  
• “Crab Spider.” A-Z Animals. N.d. 
• “Male and female crab spiders ‘cooperate’ to mimic a flower.” by Shi-Mao Wu & Jiang-Yun Gao. 2024.  

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