A heat block, a truck battery, and a novel RNA amplification assay make for in-the-field surveillance of the virus.

The US Food and Drug Administration gave emergency approval for a combination diagnostic that can distinguish between Zika, dengue, and chikungunya infections.

Scientists discover another species of Borrelia in the U.S.

Researchers detect traces of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in the air of a barn housing an infected camel.

New approaches to diagnosing bacterial infections may one day allow the identification of pathogens and their antibiotic susceptibility in a matter of hours or minutes.

New FlashTaq from Empirical Bioscience Offers Specificity and Stability for PCR.

On taking DIYbio to the next level

Highlights from a webinar held by The Scientist to celebrate 30 years of PCR: the technique's invention, quantitative real-time PCR, and digital PCR

A patient response-based gene expression signature can distinguish respiratory infections caused by viruses from those of bacterial or fungal origin.

Oncologist Jane C. Wright and physics Nobel-winner Donald Glaser have died.