Two species of songbirds pack their nests with scavenged cigarette butts that repel irksome parasites.
Two species of songbirds pack their nests with scavenged cigarette butts that repel irksome parasites.
Amid controversy, the American Psychiatric Association has approved the fifth edition of its guidebook on mental disorders.
The National Institutes of Health reveals a controversial plan to regulate the funding of H5N1 research.
Researchers develop a practical technique for deriving stem cells from routine blood samples.
While exploring the genetics of a rare type of tumor, Stephen Baylin discovered an epigenetic modification that occurs in most every cancer—a finding he’s helping bring to the clinic.
| December 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the December 2012 issue of The Scientist.
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A precision microfluidic system enables single-cell analysis of growth and division.
A protein called Coco rouses dormant breast cancer cells in the lung.
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.