Should Wisconsin honor its hardest-working bacterium?

Newly completed genome may reveal cold viruses’ weaknesses.

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.

Extremeophilic microbes have learned how to deal with
near-boiling temperatures and other brutal conditions. To microbiologists, that makes
them fascinating—and useful.

Do probiotics really work? A former skeptic weighs in.

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry

Meet the diatom: a tiny ocean plant with a knack for drawing. Scientists have big ideas for these little algae–but first they have to figure them out.

Soil scientist Teri Balser says we can learn a lot from what lives under the surface. Even the weather.