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A new device for directing fluids is designed to deliver chemical cues directly to petri dishes without disturbing cells.

A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in cancer biology and related areas, from Faculty of 1000

Deletions or duplications of a certain genomic region implicated in autism can induce autism-like brain and behavior changes in mice.

The Nobel Assembly announced today that three researchers in the field of immunology will share the 2011 Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

In celebration of major conceptual advances in biology and the revolutions just over the horizon

Read about beginnings of neuroscience through the eyes of Nobel Prize winner Eric Kandel, and how researchers today envision the future of the field.

Early sequencing evolved into the publication of genomes for myriad species, including our own, within the span of two and a half decades. Bioinformatician Stephen Friend opines on what's in store as the next quarter century of omics takes shape.

Explore the past and present of US research funding, compare the investment priorities of the United States and Europe, and read an opinion from Research!America president Mary Woolley on what scientists need to do to secure the financial future of the US research enterprise.

At the nanoscale old materials acquire new properties that International Institute for Nanotechnology Director Chad Mirkin thinks will change the way medicine is practiced.

Editor’s choice in Ecology

Twenty-five years later, the magazine is still hitting many of the same key discussion points of science.

Our silver anniversary issue celebrates a quarter century of covering major advances in the life sciences—some in fields that didn’t even exist when we first went to press—and looks ahead to future research milestones.