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Ants Share Pathogens for Immunity
By Sabrina Richards | April 3, 2012
A new study shows that grooming by ants promotes colony-wide resistance to fungal infections by transferring small amounts of pathogen to nestmates.
Opinion: The Risk of Forgoing Vaccines
By Juliette K. Tinker | April 3, 2012
Herd immunity, or the protection of individuals who are not vaccinated due to generally high vaccination rates within a population, does not currently exist in many pockets of the US.
Next Generation: Painless Vaccine Patch
By Megan Scudellari | April 2, 2012
Vaccination via tiny microneedles elicits a powerful immune response in the skin.
So You Think About Dance?
By Edyta Zielinska | March 30, 2012
Spectators experience some of the same brain impulses as the dancers they’re watching.
A Beautiful Mind
By Megan Scudellari | March 29, 2012
The human brain is an organized, 3D grid composed of elegant, ribbon-like fibers.
Collecting Cancer Data
By Hannah Waters | March 29, 2012
Two new cancer cell line databases bursting with genomic and drug profiling data may help researchers identify drug targets.
More Maternal Effort Means More Robust Offspring
By Sabrina Richards | March 28, 2012
House wrens forced to invest extra resources in their offspring produced bigger sons and daughters with stronger immune systems.
Stimulants Fail to Stimulate?
By Ruth Williams | March 28, 2012
Caffeine and amphetamine don’t always help rats work harder at tests of mental effort. It depends on their work ethic.
Molecular Blueprints
By Cristina Luiggi | March 27, 2012
Check out the latest crop of high-resolution structures and how they inform biological function.
Opinion: Saving an Owl from Politics
By Dominick A. DellaSala | March 26, 2012
The imperiled northern spotted owl faces extinction if efforts enacted to save it continue to put politics ahead of science.
