Nanoparticles coated with a toxin found in bee venom can destroy HIV while leaving surrounding cells intact.
Nanoparticles coated with a toxin found in bee venom can destroy HIV while leaving surrounding cells intact.
Transcriptome studies reveal new insights about unusual animals whose genomes have not been sequenced.
A red alga appears to have adapted to extremely hot, acidic environments by collecting genes from bacteria and archaea.
The nanoscale structure of a clanger cicada’s wings destroys threatening microbes on contact.
Drosophila insulin-like peptides (dILPs) regulate part of the signaling pathway that helps keep organs growing in proportion during development.
The method to the dengue virus's maddening infectiousness.
Although fully organized patient-run trials are still few and far between, patients are taking a more active role in clinical research.
A chance encounter with a crab apple tree leads to the discovery of a new bacterial species and clues to the evolution of insect endosymbionts.
Systems biologist Lone Gram describes her approach to combing the oceans for novel compounds that may be useful in the fight against pathogens.
| March 1, 2013
Meet some of the people featured in the March 2013 issue of The Scientist.