Treat chickens, not humans. That’s the approach Amin Fadl is taking in developing a vaccine that could halt the deadly foodborne pathogen at its source.

Jed Colquhoun found eager partners when figuring out how to get food waste from farms to people in need. Now they’ve created a system that serves as a national model.

Marcin Filutowicz stumbled upon a potentially powerful biotherapy—using amoebas that feast on antibiotic-resistant bacteria to cure such ills as staph infections and diabetic ulcers

Patty Loew talks about the future of community-based journalism and her recent experiences in rural Africa

Jiming Jiang is unlocking the secrets of the centromere, an overlooked region of DNA that holds the key to chromosome engineering—and a new, possibly safer approach to gene therapy

New dairy policy expert Mark Stephenson says Wisconsin still earns the title of America’s Dairyland by making great milk – and listening to the consumer.

When scientists feared thousands of kids with cystic fibrosis were going malnourished, HuiChuan Lai went to the data for answers.

Veteran professor Jack Kloppenburg takes on a new role helping students figure out what it means to live green.

In the classroom, Bruce Allison delivers the tools of the trade—and a message about our connection with trees.

At Allen Centennial Gardens, director Ed Lyon is rejuvenating the landscape with new plants-and a new idea about how gardens fit into our busy lives.

When disease-causing microbes find their way in Wisconsin’s water supply, Sharon Long uses the tools of microbiology to spot them-and find their source.

Professor Dietram Scheufele says scientists often aren’t connecting with the public about the value of their work. And that’s not good news.