Instant insight: Communicating with nature

14 May 2008

Bacteria have invented a potentially global language - quorum sensing. Kim Janda translates.

Interview: The protein detective

28 April 2008

Kathryn Lilley tells Michael Smith how curry and beer could be the downfall of biomarkers.

Liquid crystals in all of us?

18 April 2008

European researchers spark debate as they claim that cell nuclei may contain liquid crystals.

How does a virus bore a hole in a cell?

30 April 2008

Chemists studying how viruses enter cells say their results could help in the search for new antiviral medicines.

Peptides provide fatal blow for cancer cells

21 April 2008

Peptides that punch holes in cancer cells are 'the first step towards efficient nanochemotherapeutics,' say Canadian chemists.

Quantum dots illuminate bacterial studies

30 April 2008

Fluorescent probes are shedding light on bacterial infection.

Knowledge out of chaos

07 May 2008

Scientists have upset gene expression to investigate its randomness.

Plastic coats wrap up gene delivery

25 April 2008

UK chemists have used smart polymers to deliver DNA into cells.

Radical proposal for atmospheric link to asthma

09 April 2008

Nitrate radicals irreversibly damage amino acids and could play a role in respiratory disease, say Australian researchers.

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