More Features – Page 5
-
FeaturesForensic microbiology from an entomological perspective
Bridging multiple disciplines within the forensic sciences helps us better understand how human remains decompose.
-
FeaturesFungal Transformation and Biorecovery of Minerals, Metals and Metalloids
With growing concern over the management, conservation and recycling of world metal and mineral resources, it is clear that fungal capabilities may offer potentially useful solutions to an apparently insoluble problem.
-
FeaturesSir Graham Wilson
Sir Graham Wilson was a pioneer in the area of public health, wartime bacteriology and food hygiene.
-
FeaturesClean water for all
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) estimated that, as of 2020, 2 billion people across the globe did not have access to safely managed drinking water.
-
Long ReadsPartnering with low- and middle-income countries to co-develop sustainable antimicrobial resistance solutions
ICARS envisions a world where drug-resistant infections no longer pose a threat to the health of humans and animals, the environment, global food security and economic prosperity.
-
FeaturesThe scent of infection: how smells can help us spot disease
The smell of freshly mown grass. The sweet aroma of roses. The tang of a rubbish bin on a hot summer’s day. Scents are part of the backdrop of everyday life – but research is hoping they could be used to detect diseases.
-
FeaturesInvestigating chicken gut microbial dynamics in relation to Campylobacter prevalence
Can investigating the chicken gut microbiome provide us with novel intervention and control strategies against Campylobacter?
-
FeaturesA renaissance in fermented milk: kefir makes a comeback
What is this creamy, cottage cheese-like substance, and why is it taking up residence in so many fridges?
-
Long ReadsHow war sets the stage for epidemics
On 19 June 2022, Iraq’s health authorities announced a cholera outbreak after at least 13 cases were confirmed across the country and thousands of hospital admissions for acute diarrhea were reported.
-
Long ReadsPlaying with fire: how wildfire shapes the soil microbiome of the Colorado Rockies
The high-elevation coniferous forests in the southern Rocky Mountains of Colorado (USA) provide more than just a beautiful landscape for winter sports and hiking: they are vital ecosystems that provide myriad ecosystem services.
-
FeaturesHow Biocleave is teaching Clostridium new tricks in protein recombination
Do not judge a bacterial species by its headlines: there is more to Clostridium than food poisoning and botulism
-
FeaturesThe life and times of Sir Henry Wellcome
Wellcome was committed to high-quality science and founded other laboratories to join the WPRL, including the Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratory in Khartoum.
-
FeaturesMaking us keen for quinine
In 1817, quinine became the first chemical compound used to treat an infectious disease.
-
FeaturesIce, ice, maybe? Francis Bacon and frozen meat
The scientific pioneer’s ill-fated investigation into whether flesh could be preserved in snow.
-
FeaturesToasting Alice Ball
Alice Ball became both the first African-American and the first woman to be awarded a Master’s degree in Chemistry in 1915.
-
FeaturesThe rise of India Pale Ale
We chart the rollercoaster emergence of the India Pale AleThe emergence of the India Pale Ale.
-
FeaturesSanitas, a public health hero
The Sanitas Company Limited: a once well-known concern deserving remembrance for its contribution to public health.
-
FeaturesA passport to Pimlico for streptococci
Fred Griffith played a key role in the foundation of molecular genetics.
-
FeaturesCitric acid's journey from sunny Sicily to industrial London
Like other major seaports, the hinterland of London’s docks was once a hive of industrial activity.
-
FeaturesThe perplexing progress of pickling and preservation
In 1819, two former school friends, Thomas Blackwell and Edmund Crosse, were apprenticed to a firm making pickles and sauces.