Microbiology

• BRIEFING: Should everyone have an HIV test?

  US doctors propose expanding the use of HIV tests to slow the spread of infection.

  1 December 2008

• Q&A: UNAIDS chief prepares to pass the torch

  On World AIDS Day, Peter Piot assesses the evolution of the epidemic.

  1 December 2008

• Q&A: UNAIDS chief prepares to pass the torch - Premium content

  On World AIDS Day, Peter Piot assesses the evolution of the epidemic.

  27 November 2008

• Argentina: The come back - Premium content

  Argentina's government has pledged to reverse a decades-long scientific brain drain. Rex Dalton reports.

  26 November 2008

• South Africa suspends water scientist - Premium content

  Anthony Turton may be dismissed after speaking to journalists about a controversial presentation.

  25 November 2008

• Web data predict flu - Premium content

  Search engines provide information about epidemics.

  19 November 2008

• Darwin 200: Beneath the surface - Premium content

  You might think that once evolution has found one way to get something done, it will stick with it. But similar physical forms can hide radically different wiring, finds Tanguy Chouard.

  19 November 2008

• Microbes drove Earth's mineral evolution - Premium content

  A comprehensive history of Earth's mineral wealth concludes that without life, many raw materials wouldn't exist.

  14 November 2008

• How does bleach bleach? - Premium content

  The ubiquitous disinfectant may kill bacteria by unfolding their proteins.

  13 November 2008

• Why plastic isn't always fantastic - Premium content

  Experiment-ruining chemicals leach from plastic lab equipment.

  6 November 2008