Discoveries of microbial communities that transfer electrons between cells and across relatively long distances are launching a new field of microbiology.
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Volume 27 Issue 5 | May 2013
Featured Articles
The study of connective tissue is shedding light on pain and providing new explanations for alternative medicine.
Researchers are using modern experimental tools to probe the mysterious molecular pathways that lead to premature labor and birth.
Departments
Contributors
Meet some of the people featured in the May 2013 issue of The Scientist.
Editorial
A look at some of biology’s communication networks
Speaking of Science
May 2013's selection of notable quotes
Notebook
Children watching clips of Sesame Street inside fMRI scanners yield unprecedented insights into the functioning of their brains.
Libyan scientists, soon to be trained in countries around the world, are undertaking a massive search mission to find missing loved ones among thousands of dead bodies, casualties of the country’s recent popular revolution.
Little White and the Three Toxins
Previously unknown poisonous compounds isolated from a new species of mushroom may be responsible for the deaths of hundreds in China, but precisely how the fungus killed its victims is not clear.
A new DNA assay developed by forensic scientists helps archaeologists reconstruct eye and hair color from old teeth and bones.
Critic At Large
Clinical researchers need programming support to streamline their work, minimize error in the data, and find new trends that can point to better treatments.
Critic At Large
On Being an “African American Scientist”
If African American researchers are ever to gain equal opportunities in science, even subtle cases of differential treatment must be stamped out.
Modus Operandi
Scientists create biocompatible, self-luminescing nanoparticles for in vivo imaging.
Features
The study of connective tissue is shedding light on pain and providing new explanations for alternative medicine.
Discoveries of microbial communities that transfer electrons between cells and across relatively long distances are launching a new field of microbiology.
Researchers are using modern experimental tools to probe the mysterious molecular pathways that lead to premature labor and birth.
The Literature
By varying the size of their steps, dynein motor proteins work effectively as teams to carry heavy loads around the cell.
A virus that infects a crop-killing fungus can spread freely, opening the possibility of its use as a fungicide.
Viral infections of the central nervous system may trigger cytokines that induce seizures.
Profile
When molecular biology methods failed her, Sangeeta Bhatia turned to engineering and microfabrication to build a liver from scratch.
Scientist to Watch
Gregory Sonnenberg: Cellular Spy
Research Associate, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Age: 27
Lab Tools
Sorting out T-cell functional and phenotypic heterogeneity depends on studying single cells.
One, two, three, four . . . . Counting colonies and plaques can be tedious, but tools exist to streamline the process.
Bio Business
How Safe Is Your Medicine Cabinet?
After numerous high-profile safety scares, clinicians and regulators push to fix critical weaknesses in the FDA’s monitoring system for approved drugs.
Reading Frames
American naturalist Louis Agassiz had a zeal for collecting that encouraged a nation to engage with nature.
Capsule Reviews
The Bonobo and the Atheist, The Philadelphia Chromosome, Lone Survivors, and Paleofantasy
Foundations
Alfred Russel Wallace, Darwin’s unheralded codiscoverer of the theory of evolution by natural selection, found inspiration in the specimens he collected on his travels.
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