Biology and Medicine:
"Outlook on Obesity: Stanford researchers figure out ways to cut the fat" by David Sherman
"Bacterial Pathogenesis: Friend or Foe? A Stanford professor studies the possible benefits of bacterial infection" by Chelsea Young and Nisha Gadgil
"Think Positively: A look at how and why aging benefits emotional experience" by Rachel Nass
"Sky Monsters: Stanford researchers team up with National Geographic to discover the flight mechanisms of one of the earliest flying animals" by Nancy Falxa-Raymond
"Small RNA, Big Potential for Treating HCV: Stanford's Department of Microbiology and Immunology has opened the door to a possible new way to treat Hepatitis C Virus" by Sean Mathewson
"The Link between Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease: Genes that contribute to Down Syndrome may also be implicated in Alzheimer's" by Lauren Mamer
"Discovering Dual Cyanobacteria Metabolism Ancient survivors in a hostile environment evolve two radically different metabolic processes" by Benjamin Tran
"Sun Damage: Melanoma treatment explores oxygen levels in tumors" by Jennifer Awakuni
Engineering and Technology
"Hydrogen - Powering the Future: Biologically-generated hydrogen as a source of fuel" by Amanda Marshall
"Hydrogen - Tiny Tubular Transports: Using carbon nanotubes to store hydrogen" by Jian Cui and Kellen Schefter
"Hydrogen - Fuel Cell Revolution: Rising to meet the energy challenges of tomorrow" by Arvind Ravi
"1906 Revisited: A new look at an old model" by Ryan Propper
"The San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth: Digging deeper into the mysteries of an active fault" by Julia Guth
"Keeping an Eye Out for Change: Using satellites to forecast earthquakes and volcanoes" by Andy Dow
"Two-Photon Microscopy: Tracking cells with light" by Tina Zhang and Nicole Pepperl
"Electronics Go Organic: A rapidly developing class of 'organic' technologies promises to enable a host of applications never before thought possible" by Colin Reese
"One Eye on the World: A group of Stanford scientists develops a new algorithm for robot vision" by Wenqi Shao
Ethics and Policy
"Gene Patenting: A look at the controversy" by Hanh Nguyen
"Open Source Drug Development: Scientists create a web forum for drug development collaborations" by Tania Rojas
"Scandals in Biomedical Research: Are unethical cases in the life sciences giving science a bad name?" by Victoria Parente
"Science in vitro: Looking into life at the Clark Center" by Manu Lakkur
"Personalized Medicine: Identifying drug treatments based upon an individual's genetic profile" by Caryn Kunz
Other
Editors' Column
Letters
Spotlights: Avian flu, Bionic eye, Uncovering the mystery of human skin color, Innovative cancer treatments, Going for the gold
Opinions: NASA Research - Rocketing Ahead or Burning Off?
Reviews: Matt Ridley's Agile Gene
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