by Manuel Sánchez — Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is one of the most powerful tools in studying the surfaces of any material. So it should come as no surprise that it has been used in the study of viral envelopes and biological membranes. One of its great advantages...
by Munro Passmore — For general audiences, science can often seem impenetrable to understand because of its inherent scale and complexity. This is particularly true in the field of natural products – where we seek to understand the processes microscopic organisms undertake to make molecules we later use as...
by Christoph — "Light funky groove with a rolling snare pattern and occasional fills, syncopated wood block and percussive hand‑drum and rolling conga pattern" describes a particular drum pattern (#15) by acclaimed Nigerian master drummer Tony Allen. But don't worry, you didn't stumble into the drums section...
by Vilhelmiina Haavisto — Since the discovery of penicillin and its development into a therapeutic agent, antibiotics have revolutionized medicine and saved countless lives. However, the way we use these life-saving medications is fundamentally unsustainable as pathogens rapidly evolve resistance, rendering many serious infections effectively untreatable.
by Roberto — When it comes to the animals that humans raise to eat, a quick look at their numbers proves sobering. Worldwide, there are some 650 million pigs, 1 billion heads of cattle and 26 billion chickens. Such numbers canot be achieved by traditional animal rearing practices that use extensive surface areas. Rather, most of these animals are grown...
by Elio — In a Perspective piece in Nature Reviews Microbiology, Fernando Baquero of the Ramon y Cajal University Hospital in Madrid and Bruce R. Levin of the Antibiotic Resistance Canter at Emory University present a most thoughtful essay on the ways antibiotics kill bacteria (or don't). To explain the curious title and what's behind it, let me quote their introductory paragraph...
