Contributors
| March 1, 2013
Meet some of the people featured in the March 2013 issue of The Scientist.
| March 1, 2013
Meet some of the people featured in the March 2013 issue of The Scientist.
Nanoscale cracks in bone dissipate energy to protect against fracture, a process that appears to be regulated by the interaction of two proteins.
A reexamination of the facts surrounding the death of Cleopatra VII reveals that the Egyptian queen was murdered—and not by an asp.
Inducing certain brain patterns extends non-REM sleep in mice.
Children with dyslexia have an easier time learning to read after playing action video games that don’t incorporate reading.
Blind tadpoles regain vision when new eyes are grafted onto their tails.
Transplanting mouse neurons into rats allows the neurons to survive twice as long as they would in mice.
Researchers have created a molecule that helps nanoparticles evade immune attack and could improve drug delivery.
One gene involved in speech produces more of its protein in the brains of young girls than boys.