‘Even a five-year-old can do it’: Collecting river water samples helps map life on 10% of Earth

Combatting wildlife decline, eDNA technology is turning simple water and soil samples into a global biodiversity map. View on ...
BioTechniques

Fecal sample collection for clinical microbiome research

Daniel McDonald and Jack Gilbert (both University of California, San Diego; CA, USA) discuss the challenges faced during fecal sample collection and highlight important factors to consider when ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Scientists Are Using This Collection of Wood Samples to Combat Illegal Logging

Colubrina arborescens, or wild coffee, is an evergreen in Puerto Rico, the Florida Keys, Hawaii and the West Indies. Stanley Yankowski Cornus controversa, or giant dogwood, is native to China, the ...
Scientific American

At-Home Coronavirus-Sample-Collection Kits Aren’t Perfect but Could Help Fill Testing Gap

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the first at-home collection kits for novel coronavirus testing this week. The kits, made by the Burlington, N. C.–based company LabCorp, allow ...
BioTechniques

Infectious disease sample collection

Infectious disease research is an essential component of human society that has been thrown into the spotlight by the COVID-19 pandemic. This research is enabled by a diverse array of methods and ...