This year, US politics was dominated by the run-up to October elections, with science policy issues playing a role here and elsewhere around the world.
This year, US politics was dominated by the run-up to October elections, with science policy issues playing a role here and elsewhere around the world.
The science images and videos that captured our attention in 2012
Fungi in 100 million year-old seafloor sediments could possess novel antibiotics.
Archaea packages DNA around histones in a similar way to eukaryotes, suggesting that fitting a large genome into a small space was not the original role of chromatin.
Two species of songbirds pack their nests with scavenged cigarette butts that repel irksome parasites.
| December 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the December 2012 issue of The Scientist.
A guide to some new and improved high-content screening systems
Cell-based assays are popular for high-throughput screens, where they strike a balance between ease of use and similarity to the human body that researchers aim to treat.
The poxvirus stockpiles genes when it needs to adapt.