Art fairs can make artists out of scientists — bringing science out of the lab and into the public eye and bridging the gap between the research community and laypeople.

A new journal article explains how crowdsourcing platforms, such as Amazon Mechanical Turk, can help find research subjects, even from rare populations.

The presence of bacteria in an unexpected place suggests that a vicious cycle of inflammation and microbiome disruption may influence illnesses such as sepsis and acute lung failure.

Multidisciplinary collaborations can promote a new understanding of microbes’ human and ecological impacts.

Two U-M science professors are spreading their knowledge of microbes and infectious risks. Their means: podcasts thousands of listeners have downloaded.