Wales creates a database of DNA barcodes for all of its native flowering plants, hoping to guide conservation and drug development efforts.
Wales creates a database of DNA barcodes for all of its native flowering plants, hoping to guide conservation and drug development efforts.
Some of the interesting stories researchers were discussing at this year’s American Society of Microbiology meeting in San Francisco.
Researchers pull viable cells from bodies that had been dead for more than 2 weeks.
New research finds that older men have children and grandchildren with longer telomeres, possibly pointing to health benefits of delayed reproduction.
June 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the June 2012 issue of The Scientist.
A rare peek inside the subterranean home of the naked mole-rat
Actin filaments respond to pressure by forming branches at their curviest spots, helping resist the push.
Germline stem cells discovered in human ovaries can be cultured into fresh eggs.
Orbiting ultrasound machines are being used to diagnose and treat astronauts' kidney stones.