Eating by The Clock

Meet some of the people featured in the September 2013 issue of The Scientist.

Circadian time zones and metabolism

September 2013's selection of notable quotes

Seafloor seismometers record hundreds of thousands of fin whale calls, allowing marine geophysicists to track the elusive marine mammals.

In the long-fought battle against baldness, researchers are finally identifying molecular pathways that can be manipulated to generate new hair follicles.

Despite a fierce civil war, scientists led a 14-year grassroots campaign that has eradicated a parasitic disease from northern Sudan.

A Neanderthal rib fragment provides conclusive evidence that the ancient hominins were susceptible to a benign bone tumor of modern humans.

Can mating behavior explain the evolution of menopause in humans?

Mating behavior is an unlikely driver of women's reproductive aging.

Visualizing specific epigenetic marks at single gene loci is now possible in individual cells.

A mathematical model explains the physical mechanisms behind the formation of seashell spines, an insight that could shed light on the convergent evolution of the trait.

An archaeon takes the first steps toward making a liquid fuel from carbon dioxide and hydrogen gas.

When stretched, lung cells signal to each other by releasing ATP.

From a tiny marine research center on the Louisiana coast, Nancy Rabalais has led the charge to map, understand, and reduce dangerous “dead zones” in the Gulf of Mexico.

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Boston University. Age: 37

Tools and techniques for measuring forces in living cells

Cosmetics companies use advanced genomics and in vitro technology to make skin look young and vibrant—you may never view the makeup aisle the same way again.

Companies are bursting at the seams with tools to engineer pharma’s next magic bullet: the new and improved antibody.

Inspiration and controversy attended the birth of magnetic resonance imaging, a diagnostic technology that changed the course of human medicine.

Rocket Girl, The Cancer Chronicles, Abominable Science!, and The Sports Gene

In a cramped lab overflowing with fruit flies, Thomas Hunt Morgan and his protégés made the discoveries that laid the foundations of modern genetics.