A brief history of expansion microscopy

Since an MIT team introduced expansion microscopy in 2015, the technique has powered the science behind kidney disease, plant seeds, the microbiome, Alzheimer’s, viruses, and more.

Jennifer Michalowski | McGovern Institute for Brain Research • mit
April 23, 2025 ~13 min

How the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service protects public health at home and abroad

The Epidemic Intelligence Service has been a crucial tool in fighting diseases at home and abroad. Its impact would be impossible to replace.

Casey Luc, Health Scientist, University of Illinois Chicago • conversation
April 14, 2025 ~9 min


USAID’s apparent demise and the US withdrawal from WHO put millions of lives worldwide at risk and imperil US national security

USAID has a decades-long history of fighting smallpox, polio, malaria, tuberculosis and HIV.

Nicole Hassoun, Professor of Philosophy, Binghamton University, State University of New York • conversation
Feb. 25, 2025 ~8 min

Making sex deadly for insects could control pests that carry disease and harm crops

Mosquitoes cause around a million deaths per year. So, scientists are coming up with genetic engineering techniques that could lower their numbers.

Bill Sullivan, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University • conversation
Feb. 21, 2025 ~8 min

‘Mosquito shield’ cuts malaria infections by a third

"We are proud to see the impact of this work already translating into action in for millions of people at risk of malaria here."

Brett Beasley-Notre Dame • futurity
Jan. 3, 2025 ~6 min

New drug fights tough malaria parasites

A newly designed drug is effective against drug-sensitive and drug-resistant strains of human malaria parasites, researchers say.

Iqbal Pittalwala - UC Riverside • futurity
Oct. 3, 2024 ~5 min

There’s a downside to success in the fight against malaria

Though bed nets and insecticides help protect against malaria, some people blame these measures for a return of other pests, like bed bugs.

Mick Kulikowski-NC State • futurity
July 26, 2024 ~5 min

Malaria surge due to climate change may not be as bad as feared

Scientists have had limited understanding of how temperature affects malaria's spread. New research changes that.

Lourdes Mederos-U. Florida • futurity
April 24, 2024 ~7 min


Blocking nutrient could stop malaria parasite growth

New research could lead to a new way to fight malaria, one of the most devastating infectious diseases in the world.

Max Esterhuizen-Virginia Tech • futurity
Feb. 15, 2024 ~7 min

Building boom in Ethiopia may foster malaria vector mosquitoes

A malaria-carrying mosquito, Anopheles stephensi, is moving into African cities, where a construction boom appears to welcome them in.

Carol Clark-Emory • futurity
Dec. 6, 2023 ~12 min

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