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Action potential describes a burst of electrical
activity that gives rise to other events:
Science's wide-ranging influence.
Scientists should
influence policy.
Waste Not, Want Not
Vann Bennett takes issue with the country's current model of food production and does everything he can to raise his own food. More
Who's Who?
When asked about their careers, many scientists talk about mentors, but few bring up mistaken identity. More
Bay Area Sound
One of San Francisco's hardest working local music promoters spends his days doing x-ray crystallography. More
In the Groove
Scientists are learning more about how signal strength at the junctions between brain cells affects learning and memory.
More
A Better Bug Spray
Understanding mosquitoes' lust for blood may be
the key to curbing some infectious diseases. More
A Solution in Sight
Keeping the retina's cone photoreceptors from self-destructing may rely on the neighboring rod photoreceptors. Gene therapy
may offer the ultimate remedy. More
Tapping into Cool Science
HHMI grantees have developed terrific education tools.
Now they're available at one website. More
Rose Elected to HHMI Board of Trustees
Clayton S. Rose, a senior lecturer at the Harvard Business School and 20-year veteran of J.P. Morgan & Co., has been elected a Trustee of HHMI. More
Tag-Team Proteins
A complex of proteins protects muscles
from collapsing during contraction. More
Flight of the Dragonfly
Fabricating a playground for
this precision hunter may provide the access scientists
need to understand its neural circuitry. More
