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Cobalt graphene nanoparticleWikimedia Commons, Supermaster2011

Gene Signaling by Remote

By Edyta Zielinska

Researchers use radio signals to switch on nanoparticles that activate insulin production in mice.

Istockphoto, Loran Nicolas

Opinion: Missing Methods

By Irwin H. Gelman

A lack of methodological detail in the published literature threatens the foundation of scientific discourse.

SNAGGING PEPTIDES: Bianca Loveless and Matt Pope from Terry Pearson’s lab discuss a an experiment using a Biacore instrument.Terry pearson

SPRead Your Antibody Capabilities

By Carina Storrs

Using surface plasmon resonance to improve antibody detection and characterization: four case studies

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Bubble Vision

By Edyta Zielinska

Turning a liability into an asset, cryo-electron microscopists exploit an artifact to probe protein structure.

Flickr, Aaron Fulkerson

Sensor Measures Produce Ripeness

By Megan Scudellari

The device could help grocers and food distributors better monitor fruits and vegetables.

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Identifying Diet-Treatable Diseases

By Sabrina Richards

Scientists test which mutations underlie metabolic diseases that may benefit from changes in diet.

An array of microneedles can be coated with medicine and act as a painless drug delivery system for vaccinesEmory University

Next Generation: Painless Vaccine Patch

By Megan Scudellari

Vaccination via tiny microneedles elicits a powerful immune response in the skin.

A. Petrosiute, J. Myers, A. Huang

Eyes on Cancer

By Amber Dance

Techniques for watching tumors do their thing

PICK A COLOR: Each tube shows the fluorescence of a mixture of a specific RNA and a synthetic fluorophore whose structure is based on the fluorescent moiety of GFP. Samie Jaffrey and JEremy Paige, Cornell University

Live and In Color

By Sarah Webb

How to track RNA in living cells

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A Brighter Beacon

By Edyta Zielinska

A novel liquid laser set-up can detect single nucleotide mutations in a cancer gene.