The nanoscale structure of a clanger cicada’s wings destroys threatening microbes on contact.
The nanoscale structure of a clanger cicada’s wings destroys threatening microbes on contact.
The method to the dengue virus's maddening infectiousness.
A chance encounter with a crab apple tree leads to the discovery of a new bacterial species and clues to the evolution of insect endosymbionts.
Systems biologist Lone Gram describes her approach to combing the oceans for novel compounds that may be useful in the fight against pathogens.
A normally land-based microbiologist sets sail to find the building blocks of novel antibiotics in marine bacteria.
The global spread of dengue virus has immunologists and public-health experts debating the best way to curb infection.
Bioluminescent arcs on a deep-sea lantern shark’s dorsal side highlight its spines.
New research adds to an emerging picture of the changes that global warming and thinning ice are wreaking on the marine ecosystems at the top of the world.
Scenes from a research trip, where researchers peered beneath the ice to shine a light on the emerging picture of a changing Arctic Ocean
In a pond, more amphibian species mean decreased chances of disease spread.