For the past decade and a half, a crew of about 20 entomologists, water ecologists, and other specialists converges on the shorelines of Mongolia’s lakes, rivers, and streams, just when swarms of aquatic insects do the same.
For the past decade and a half, a crew of about 20 entomologists, water ecologists, and other specialists converges on the shorelines of Mongolia’s lakes, rivers, and streams, just when swarms of aquatic insects do the same.
Breast implants leaking contaminated silicone are causing a fuss in Europe, but all breast implants carry risks.
Preliminary data from human embryonic stem cell trials for two degenerative eye disorders are promising, but challenges remain for more complex tissues.
Researchers engineer a bacterium that can arm the majority of the insect population with dengue resistance, and stop the virus’s spread to humans.
Our Dying Planet, Here Be Dragons, Rat Island, Harnessed
January 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the January 2012 issue of The Scientist.
For the first time, researchers culture a bacteria that uses a magnetic sulfide compound to navigate.
Scientists near the Fukushima plant are equipping wild monkeys with radiation collars to get better sense of their exposure in the wild.