A master of topographical anatomy, Christian Wilhelm Braune produced accurate colored lithographs from cross sections of the human body.
A master of topographical anatomy, Christian Wilhelm Braune produced accurate colored lithographs from cross sections of the human body.
How photosynthetic organisms get taken up, passed around, and discarded throughout the eukaryotic domain
Comparing gene transcripts from different species reveals surprising splicing diversity.
This year, US politics was dominated by the run-up to October elections, with science policy issues playing a role here and elsewhere around the world.
DNA samples and CT scans reveal that Ramesses III likely had his throat slashed by his son and other conspirators.
Fat cells behave differently in obese individuals, causing inflammation and insulin resitance.
The healing powers of maggots may lie in their secreted proteins, which restrain the human immune response.
Archaea packages DNA around histones in a similar way to eukaryotes, suggesting that fitting a large genome into a small space was not the original role of chromatin.
Adipose tissue plays an immune role in individuals of normal wieght.
| December 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the December 2012 issue of The Scientist.