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microscope images showing ciprofloxacin-resistant E. coli (credit: University of Oxford)

Become a citizen scientist in the fight against antibiotic resistance

15 March 2023

Sign up to a project called Infection Inspection and help researchers confront the rogue microbes that threaten to unleash an apocalypse of untreatable disease
Allergies are on the rise – here's how to help scientists find out why

Allergies are on the rise – here's how to help scientists find out why

28 April 2021

If you experience seasonal allergies, you can track your symptoms to help researchers investigate their environmental triggers, finds Layal Liverpool
Become a dangerous diseases hunter by tracing cell structures online

Become a dangerous diseases hunter by tracing cell structures online

3 March 2021

With the online tool Etch A Cell, you can help biologists identify deadly diseases and make sense of cell images from advanced microscopes
How your computer can help defeat the coronavirus while you sleep

How your computer can help defeat the coronavirus while you sleep

30 September 2020

Thanks to the Folding@home project, millions of people are helping scientists understand the structure of proteins in the new coronavirus, finds Layal Liverpool

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