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.
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.
Citizen scientists can inspire innovation and advance science education—and they are proving adept at self-policing.
How should the government ensure the safety and responsibility of do-it-yourself biologists?
A normally land-based microbiologist sets sail to find the building blocks of novel antibiotics in marine bacteria.
Do-it-yourself science is likely as old as science itself, driven by an inherent curiosity about the world around us.
The global spread of dengue virus has immunologists and public-health experts debating the best way to curb infection.
Officials in the most populous nation on Earth have finally owned up to clusters of the disease around areas beset by industrial waste and other pollutants.
Why so few scientists make the leap to policy-making positions, and why more should give it a try
Tuberculosis bacteria find shelter from drugs and the body’s defenses in bone marrow stem cells.