One Mosquito Vaccine to Rule Them All

A new vaccine targeting mosquito saliva proteins proved safe and prompted a strong immune response in humans, moving scientists one … More

From superfood to medicine maker, spirulina is a new cellular factory

Scientists engineer the photosynthetic bacteria spirulina to produce biologics at a large enough scale to treat some of the world’s … More

Animal microbiomes hold the key to new antifungals

From sea squirts to ants to opossums on the side of the road, the bacteria that live in animal microbiomes … More

Meet the microrobots primed to take down cancer

Sperm, bacteria, bubbles, and shuttles are just some of the latest cancer-treating microrobots in development for human use in the … More

Prescribing art therapy for Parkinson’s disease

Art therapy improved brain connectivity in patients with Parkinson’s disease, suggesting that creating art may help treat it and other … More

Doctor-poets search for the right words to help patients heal

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Ocean robots take the pulse of our planet by measuring microbes

It looks like a trashcan bobbing in the waters off the California coast. But it’s hardly garbage. In fact, it … More

Everything you need to know about toxic algae blooms

Green pond scum floating on a lake is not just unsightly. As animal lovers have learned the hard way, it … More

210,000-year-old skull in Greece is earliest sign of modern humans in Europe or Asia

Around 210,000 years ago, an early human died in southern Greece — leaving scientists with the earliest evidence of human … More

Trees could reduce carbon in the atmosphere to levels not seen in nearly 100 years

By removing carbon dioxide from the air, trees are one of our strongest allies in the fight against climate change. … More