{
  "id": 2206215,
  "title": "'Shaking up' biofilm research: Active topography reduces bacterial infections",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/shaking-up-biofilm-research-active-topography-reduces-bacterial",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-20T19:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-biofilm-topography-bacterial-infections.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The use of antibiotics has traditionally been considered the gold standard in bacterial infection control—the more bacterial cells you kill, and the faster you kill them, the better. University of Tennessee, Knoxville Professor Dacheng Ren champions a different approach: engineer an antibiotic-free surface that prevents bacteria from establishing an infection at all.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}