All citizen science articles
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NewsMicrobe-mapping project transforms entire university campus into a “living lab”
An innovative citizen science project is combining large-scale microbe sampling with metagenomics workshops and utilising the power of students to map out the varied microbiomes of the University of Milano-Bicocca’s campus - including those within the students themselves. Source: Giulia Ghisleni and Antonia Bruno Student sampling microbes from ...
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NewsThe giants of the reef: New citizen science project races to document centennial corals
Coral reefs hide “scientific treasures” that have survived for centuries, yet many of these giant, ancient organisms remain largely unknown to science. A new study introduces a pioneering citizen-science initiative to find these giant coral colonies before they are lost to escalating global pressures.
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NewsAI and citizen science reveal potential first detection of invasive malaria mosquito in Madagascar
Researchers used AI and citizen science to identify what may be the first Anopheles stephensi mosquito ever detected in Madagascar — a species capable of spreading deadly malaria across urban Africa. A single smartphone photo submitted through NASA’s GLOBE Observer app led to the discovery.
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NewsNew insights could help phages defeat antibiotic resistant bacteria
Researchers have worked out how bacteria defend themselves against viruses called phages and the new insights could be key to tackling antibiotic resistance. The new research is the first to describe how a bacterial defence mechanism against phages, called Kiwa, works.
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NewsResearchers and students transform Milan into outdoor lab for ambitious citizen science urban microbiome study
Researchers and students from the University of Milano-Bicocca - including AMI student member Giulia Ghisleni - teamed up for an ambitious citizen science project, collecting more than 2,400 samples of the urban microbiome over four seasons.
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NewsMillions of gamers accelerate knowledge of human microbiome via mini-game
Leveraging gamers and video game technology can dramatically boost scientific research according to a new study published in Nature Biotechnology. Source: Gearbox By playing Borderlands Science, a mini-game within the looter-shooter video game Borderlands 3, 4.5 million gamers have helped trace the evolutionary relationships of more than a ...
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NewsGut microbiome fluctuates through days and seasons
The balance of microbes in the human gut varies substantially from morning to night and even more by season, with profound fluctuations completely transforming the microbiome from summer to winter, a new study reveals.