GHENT, Belgium (AP) — Visit the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris and chestnut trees greet you as you wander among graves of luminaries such as Oscar Wilde and Jim Morrison. When Anne Frank was in ...

Scientists isolated a molecule, extracted from the leaves of the European chestnut tree, with the power to neutralize dangerous, drug-resistant staph bacteria. Scientists isolated a molecule, ...

In recent years, scientists have begun to take traditional herbal remedies and local folklore a bit more seriously—especially in the wake of skyrocketing rates of microbial drug resistance. Many ...

Leaves of the European chestnut tree contain ingredients with the power to disarm dangerous staph bacteria without boosting its drug resistance, scientists have found. PLOS ONE is publishing the study ...

A. The native American chestnut tree (Castanea dentata) was once the dominant tree of the eastern forest, prized for its rich timber and edible nuts. In 50 years, these beautiful trees were devastated ...