Quantitative genetics back from the grave
Edinburgh has sometimes had an uncomfortable relationship with science, as the infamous case of 19th century murderers Burke and Hare attests. Despite this,… Read more »
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- Big questions and big data in plant biology at the FESPB/EPSO 2014 Congress - 22nd June 2014
- Highlights of the BMC-series: February 2014 - 4th March 2014
- A shock of change felt down the generations - 20th February 2014
North America’s rarest songbird is a phoenix from the flames
In 1755 curators at the Ashmolean museum in Oxford (UK) threw the last remaining tissue specimens of the dodo onto a fire. Unfortunately for this most hapless… Read more »
Highlights of the BMC-series: May 2012
May has been an exciting month for the BMC-series, with three articles receiving prizes at the annual BioMed Central Research Awards, and a host of innovative… Read more »
Highlights of the BMC-series: May 2012
May has been an exciting month for the BMC-series, with three articles receiving prizes at the annual BioMed Central Research Awards, and a host of innovative… Read more »
BMC Structural Biology gets some SAXS appeal
Despite their name, biological macromolecules are actually pretty small, and it can be tough determining their structure. Many techniques have been developed… Read more »
BMC Structural Biology gets some SAXS appeal
Despite their name, biological macromolecules are actually pretty small, and it can be tough determining their structure. Many techniques have been developed… Read more »
Could biophysics help Novak Djokovic?
Last year, ATP World Tennis Number 1 Novak Djokovic cut out all wheat products from his diet. According to his nutritionist—who “discovered” an… Read more »
Could biophysics help Novak Djokovic?
Last year, ATP World Tennis Number 1 Novak Djokovic cut out all wheat products from his diet. According to his nutritionist—who “discovered” an… Read more »
Recognition of ant chemical cues research
BMC Ecology is celebrating after having recently published research recognized for its excellence at the 2011 BioMed Central Research Awards. The study by… Read more »
Digging up the past with ancient DNA
Historically, piecing together the puzzles of human cultural history has largely been the preserve of archaeology. However, recent advances in the retrieval of… Read more »