Health and Medicine How is asthma related to the neighborhood you live in? Researchers wanted to find out if a discriminatory system from 85 years ago might relate to asthma rates in “lower grade” neighborhoods in US cities.
Biology How can we find oil-eating bacteria to clean up the sea? Researchers developed an inexpensive test to identify oil-eating bacteria that can clean up crude oil spills.
Biology How do microbes shape fruit fly fitness? Scientists wanted to know how each bacterial species in our gut affects our health.
Biology Bullfrogs – a Trojan horse for a deadly fungus? Scientists wanted to know if bullfrogs play a role in the spread of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a deadly fungus that attacks amphibian skin.
Biodiversity and Conservation What makes some species successful invaders? Scientists wanted to know if invasive legumes owe their success to symbiotic bacteria.
Energy and Climate Can electricity reach the billion people who live without it? Scientists research how can electricity reach the one billion people around the world who live without it.