Tag: Microbes
An artist’s journey into the science of sweat
Paul Vanouse, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
During steamy days, a body’s physiological response may cause you to wrinkle your nose:...
Home birth may start babies off with health-promoting microbes
Joan Combellick, Yale University
For all of human history, babies have been born where their mothers lived – whether in a house, hut or cave....
Bacteria live on our eyeballs — and understanding their role could...
Tony St. Leger, University of Pittsburgh
You may be familiar with the idea that your gut and skin are home to a collection of microbes...
Microbes that live in fishes’ slimy mucus coating could lead chemists...
Sandra Loesgen, Oregon State University
One day in the future, you may take a pill to treat an illness – and owe your recovery to...
Small streams and wetlands are key parts of river networks –...
Ellen Wohl, Colorado State University
The Trump administration is proposing to redefine a key term in the Clean Water Act: “Waters of the United States.”...
How to train the body’s own cells to combat antibiotic resistance
Zahidul Alam, University of Pennsylvania
Drug-resistant superbugs have threatened human health for decades. The situation is getting worse because of the shortage of new antibiotics....
Why washing your hands well is so important to protect your...
Michelle Sconce Massaquoi, University of Oregon
During my second year of graduate school, I moved in with my sister’s family to save money. “You must...
Bacteria may be powerful weapon against antibiotic resistance
Terence Crofts, Washington University in St Louis
When I was a child, my parents gave me a sweet pink syrup to destroy the bacteria causing...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
