Resource-limited countries are in desperate need of better diagnostic tests for life-threatening illnesses.
Resource-limited countries are in desperate need of better diagnostic tests for life-threatening illnesses.
Transplanting synthetic stool made of beneficial microbes cures deadly diarrheal infections in two patients.
Researchers uncover weekly and monthly rhythms of sodium retention and excretion in participants of space simulations.
Check out some of the games being used in serious scientific research, education, and treatment.
There's a lot more than dirt to the soil in which plants grow.
Affordable diagnostic tests tackle the world’s most pressing health problems.
Scientists studying the Arctic Ocean aboard a US Coast Guard icebreaker discover one of the largest phytoplankton blooms ever recorded—beneath sea ice.
| January 1, 2013
Meet some of the people featured in the January 2013 issue of The Scientist.
Doctors turn to good microbes to fight disease. Will the same strategy work with crops?
Scientists are using video games to tap the collective intelligence of people around the world, while doctors and educators are turning to games to treat and teach.