A trip through the transcriptome
Introducing the winners of our second annual "Labbies" awards
September 1, 2011
Meet some of the people featured in the September 2011 issue of The Scientist.
The Yersinia pestis strain extracted from the bones of Black Death victims may no longer exist.
A new yeast species found in Patagonia appears to be the missing half of the long-used lager yeast.
A new microfluidics chip lets researchers analyze the nucleic acids of 300 individual cells simultaneously.
Researchers identify new mutations in schizophrenia patients without a family history of the disease.
The Nobel Prize winner who discovered the gene that encodes the major histocompatibility complex passes away at age 90.
Motivated by a career-ending ligament tear, a former NFL player starts a company to test athletes' genetic predispositions to common sports injuries.
Using the strongest molecular binding partnership in biology to separate different cell types