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All images courtesy of Macoto Murayama and Frantic Gallery

From Architecture to Art

By Jef Akst | February 16, 2012

Architecture-student-turned-artist Macoto Murayama applies the computer graphics programs and techniques he learned while studying architecture at Miyagi University of Education…

Entomologist at Vilnius University, Lithuania, Sigitas Podenas samples from a stream meandering the Altai Mountains in Mongolia as part of the Mongolian Aquatic Insect Survey.Jon Gelhaus

Swarming Mongolia

By Cristina Luiggi | February 1, 2012

For the past decade and a half, a crew of about 20 entomologists, water ecologists, and other specialists converges on…

The Millennium Coral Reef Mapping project created the first ever map of coral reefs around the world using more than 1,000 coastal images obtained from the Landsat 7 satellite, such as this coral reef system in Los Roques, Venezuela. NASA/USGS

The View From Above

By Cristina Luiggi | February 1, 2012

Life scientists from a wide range of fields—from ecology and epidemiology to anthropology, marine microbiology, and animal behavior—are increasingly turning…

Cyanotype of Fucus ceranoides from Anna Atkins' Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions, Part II New York Public Library

Cyan Wonders

By Cristina Luiggi | February 1, 2012

In 1842, Anna Atkins, a 43-year-old amateur botanist from Kent, England, began experimenting with a brand-new photographic process called cyanotype…

Calcium and the Pancreas

By Ole H. Petersen, Oleg V. Gerasimenko, and Julia V. Gerasimenko | February 1, 2012

Normal pancreatic function depends on the precise flow of calcium within and into the acinar cells of the organ. When…

How Autophagy Works

By Muriel Mari, Sharon A. Tooze, and Fulvio Reggiori | February 1, 2012

There are five steps of autophagosome biogenesis: induction, expansion, vesicle completion, fusion, and cargo degradation. While much has been learned…