Biology – Page 38
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PodcastPotassium bitartrate
Brian Clegg with the winemaking byproduct that may be lurking in your larder
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ResearchSurgical sensor tracks healing and then simply fades away
Exceptionally sensitive biodegradable implant can sense strain and pressure on recovering tendons
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FeatureUnderstanding Alzheimer’s
After hundreds of failed drug candidates, James Mitchell Crow asks if this is the last roll of the dice for the amyloid theory of Alzheimer’s disease
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PodcastCalcium hypochlorite
A component of 'trench atmosphere' and ‘the most powerful antiseptic known’, Mike Freemantle explores calcium hypochlorite and the birth of a chemical dynasty
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ReviewSeeds of science: why we got it so wrong on GMOs
Katrina Kramer reviews the story of one man’s journey from activist to advocate
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FeatureThe molecular basis of circadian rhythms
Every cell of every organism has its own little clock, but what makes it tick? Fiona Case finds out
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NewsBeetroot beats route to Alzheimer's
Betanin, the compound that gives beetroot it’s distinctive purple colour, may slow the process of protein misfolding that is linked to Alzheimer’s disease
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NewsEurope to impose near-total ban on neonicotinoids
By the end of 2018 farmers in the EU will be unable to use bee-harming pesticides on outdoor crops
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PodcastTriamcinolone
Concluding our pair of podcasts on a recent cycling scandal, Ben Valsler looks at the corticosteroid triamcinolone
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PodcastAcetylcysteine
How a versatile drug that helps manage lung conditions and treat paracetamol overdose found itself at the centre of a cycling scandal
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ResearchArtificial blood reaches the feline frontier
Space crystals of serum proteins help scientists make a red blood cell substitute for cats
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OpinionThe scientists who create life
Chemistry has created life for 100 years – but where can it lead us?
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FeatureStep-by-step synthesis of DNA
Andy Extance discovers how scientists are delivering the extremely accurate DNA chemistry and biochemistry needed to make genes – and even genomes
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OpinionFrances Arnold: 'I wanted to become an engineer of the biological world'
This revolutionary engineer loves to walk, travel, and learn from nature
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OpinionPowers of prediction
If the terrifyingly difficult problem of protein folding is getting closer to a solution, what other intractable problems are ripe for answering?
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ReviewExhibition: Deconstructing patterns
This year’s exhibition at the Francis Crick Insitute mixes art and science
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FeatureGo with the fold
From a seemingly impossible problem a few years ago, some researchers think that predicting the folded structures of protein could be solved pretty soon. James Mitchell Crow reports
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ResearchInsights into nucleobase repair on Archean Earth
Self-repair mechanism may be part of nucleic acids’ evolutionary advantage