[ Vol. 25 No. 2 ]
FEATURED
Cells on the Move

Exploring the building blocks of cell movement, researchers are revealing delightful dances―and changing dogma.

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In This Issue

Making Bigger Better
 
with video
Enter the Samurai
 
with sidebar
Opening the Floodgates
 
with sidebar
Hungry for Pleasure, Hungry for Food
 
Sticky-Fingered Culprit
 
Tiny Breathing Plant Mouths
 
with Video
Contributors
A Posse on the Loose

The ten students who entered Brandeis University four years ago as an innovative experiment in science education are graduating.

2012 Gilliam Fellows Announced

HHMI has selected nine students to receive the 2012 Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study.

Better Than a Straitjacket
Immobilizing Caenorhabditis elegans for high-resolution imaging.

Articles

Locating a Genetic Glitch

International team finds gene responsible for rare movement disorder.

Fighting Fluoride

Riboswitch helps bacteria toss out toxic fluoride.

Reduce and Recycle

Exercise prompts cells to turn unwanted proteins and cellular junk into energy.

Perspectives & Opinions

Engage to Excel

How to keep students from jumping ship?

If you could invent an app for the iPhone, iPad, or any other mobile device, what would it do?

Tablet computers and smart phones are becoming ubiquitous, with apps for just about everything. Here, we asked four scientists to imagine the app of their dreams.

President's Message

Critical Thinking
by Robert Tjian, Ph.D.