Scientists set up a stakeout to track the movements of microbes around a new hospital.
Scientists set up a stakeout to track the movements of microbes around a new hospital.
Doctors turn to good microbes to fight disease. Will the same strategy work with crops?
Using laboratory information management systems (LIMS) to automate and streamline laboratory tasks: three case studies
Searching for life beyond our teeming planet has led to some innovative collaborative approaches to generating knowledge right here at home.
The science images and videos that captured our attention in 2012
Fungi in 100 million year-old seafloor sediments could possess novel antibiotics.
Long-term exposure to antibiotics from agricultural run off may encourage the evolution of soil bacteria that break down and consume the antibacterial agents.
Two species of songbirds pack their nests with scavenged cigarette butts that repel irksome parasites.
Researchers develop a practical technique for deriving stem cells from routine blood samples.
| December 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the December 2012 issue of The Scientist.