Chilly weather could impede the immune reactions that most effectively contain viruses like the common cold.
Chilly weather could impede the immune reactions that most effectively contain viruses like the common cold.
Viruses that attack bacteria may be an important component of our gut microbiota.
The NIH has required researchers to receive instruction about responsible conduct for more than 20 years, but misconduct is still on the rise.
Should institutions invest in changing the behavior of scientists found guilty of violating research rules and ethics?
Researchers track DNA modifications and gene expression in stem cells as they differentiate.
Telomeres and disease; Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes may fight malaria; bat tongue mops nectar; newly sequenced genomes
The brain’s role in aging; tracking disease; understanding the new flu virus; no autism-Lyme link; one drug’s journey from bench to bedside
Desulfobulbaceae bacteria were recently discovered to form centimeter-long cables, containing thousands of cells that share an outer membrane.
Scientists create biocompatible, self-luminescing nanoparticles for in vivo imaging.
| May 1, 2013
Meet some of the people featured in the May 2013 issue of The Scientist.