A microfluidic device scans individual C. elegans for abnormal traits and sorts wild-type animals from mutants.
A microfluidic device scans individual C. elegans for abnormal traits and sorts wild-type animals from mutants.
Doctors turn to good microbes to fight disease. Will the same strategy work with crops?
Using laboratory information management systems (LIMS) to automate and streamline laboratory tasks: three case studies
The science images and videos that captured our attention in 2012
Fungi in 100 million year-old seafloor sediments could possess novel antibiotics.
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 precision microfluidic system enables single-cell analysis of growth and division.
The Scientist’s 5th installment of its annual competition attracted submissions from across the life science spectrum. Here are the best and brightest products of the year.
A type of scallop expels water and waste through a sort of cough that could reveal clues about water quality.