November 2012's selection of notable quotes
A New York City climate change brain trust warned of severe damage to the city that bears a striking resemblance to the chaos recently wrought by Hurricane Sandy.
Mice fed a mix of six strains of bacteria were able to fight a C. difficile infection that causes deadly diarrhea and is resistant to most types of treatment.
Viral DNA in mice genomes may lead to cancer in immune-compromised animals.
Politicians could make better decisions if they thought more like scientists, says Rush Holt, the only physicist in Congress.
A government-created committee suggests that Australia reinvigorate its biomedical research enterprise.
Science, environmental, and health experts were left wanting by the first presidential debate.
October 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the October 2012 issue of The Scientist.
An HIV drug can bind to and alter the function of an immune molecule, causing a dangerous reaction in patients with a particular allele.