Divvying Up Duties

Scientists use locust brains as living biosensors to perform cancer cell breath tests.

Clinicians and researchers teamed up to investigate how inappropriate proinflammatory mechanisms contribute to the pathogenesis of drug-refractory epilepsy.

Coaxing bacteria into taking up recombinant DNA was arduous until Douglas Hanahan took action.

A moonlit drive inspired the theory behind PCR. What did it take to make that wild idea reality?

Endonuclease R changed Richard Roberts’ career trajectory and created an industry.

Alysson Muotri launched brain organoids into outer space and found that microgravity enriches our understanding of brain development and disease.

As alternatives to insecticides, Omar Akbari uses sophisticated genetic engineering methods to solve the world’s mosquito problems.

Ana Teresa Freitas discussed how individual variation in vitamin D synthesis and metabolism influences susceptibility to upper respiratory viruses.

Scientists hack the locust brain to identify the unique odor signatures of oral cancers.

From spatial structuring to policing, cooperative bacteria have a wide toolkit to contain the spread of cheaters.

CITE-seq draws upon the unbiased nature of single-cell RNA sequencing to gather new insights about protein and gene expression within the same cell.

Free-swimming bacteria settle on a surface to cooperate and form a protective biofilm.

Male patients who recover from mild COVID-19 have baseline immune states primed to mount stronger responses to future challenges than female patients.

A subset of hypothalamic neurons mirrors aggression in mice, challenging previous views on the location and functional role of these cells.

Take a break from the bench to puzzle and peruse

The winding trail of environmental microplastics leads researchers to the human digestive ecosystem.

Animal cells cannot produce 9 of the 20 amino acids they need to function. Some researchers are looking to change that.

In individual yeast cells, essential biosynthetic processes peak at different times in the cell cycle, revealing a temporal dynamic once thought limited to DNA synthesis.

In Los Cabos, Mexico, a panga boat captain and a deep sea fishing enthusiast support researchers working to explain declines in Pacific fish populations.