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Physics is the new biology
They’ve done their chemistry and genetics. Now scientists are ready to explore the mechanics of being alive.
Interview
When a drug isn't the answer
To cure a disease, we need to understand its biological and behavioral causes, says Bruce McEwen. That includes the whole gamut of factors shaping people’s lives.
Interview
The famous double helix ought to share some credit with its sidekick, a frail but clever little thing called RNA.
Robert B. Darnell
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How to starve a tumor
FOREFRONT
FOREFRONT
Insights and ideas from Rockefeller labs
How does the brain keep track of chronology? What’s making Zika-vaccine developers scratch their heads? And is obesity in fact several diseases?
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Becoming a scientist
Jasmine Nirody
She’s the physicist whose love of locomotion became a research topic, and a career.
She’s the physicist whose love of locomotion became a research topic, and a career.
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We've lived with it long enough
Inside the science that could finally end HIV
Inside the science that could finally end HIV
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Fat is beautiful, especially beige fat
Inside the energy-burning cells that just might hold the answer of some of our biggest health problems.
Inside the energy-burning cells that just might hold the answer of some of our biggest health problems.