A swarm of microbes genetically modified to release medicine and then die off when a disease is gone? That’s basically the goal of #NSFfunded Lingchong You of Duke University, who’s leading a team creating “swarmbots.” Check out this SciWorks podcast about the research at Science360 Radio: 1.usa.gov/29gUpDc Below is a video of a swarmbot containing bacterial cells equipped with safeguard technology. They can grow inside the swarmbot but do not survive in the environment when they escape. Credit: