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There's still time to submit products to The Scientist's Top 10 Innovations of 2011 contest.
A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in ecology, from Faculty of 1000
Researchers generate pluripotent stem cells from two endangered species in hopes of learning more about the near-extinct animals.
Quantum dots, typically used in imaging, also relay temperature changes within a cell.
The Yersinia pestis strain extracted from the bones of Black Death victims may no longer exist.
Tiny, flexible electronic chips embedded in a skin-like material monitor vitals and stimulate muscles.
A new microfluidics chip lets researchers analyze the nucleic acids of 300 individual cells simultaneously.
The Nobel Prize winner who discovered the gene that encodes the major histocompatibility complex passes away at age 90.
A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in microbiology and related areas, from Faculty of 1000
This lens-free, pinhead-size camera could someday grace the tip of a surgery needle or take cheap 3D images of cells.