Instant insight: Bacterial nanoinjectors

26 September 2008

Roberto De Guzman explains how some of the world's most deadly pathogens use needles to inject their prey

Interview: Quick on the uptake

14 October 2008

Douglas Kell tells Elinor Richards about his findings on drug uptake and the implications for drug discovery and development

Sorting swimming cells

02 October 2008

US scientists are using chip technology to make bacteria sort themselves by size

The solution to solve all solution structures?

19 September 2008

Proteins' solution structures are being unravelled by researchers in Italy

Protein changes at the flick of a switch

29 September 2008

Photoswitches that make proteins change shape could one day be used to test protein function in cells, says Canadian team

Cells take direction from virus

18 September 2008

Liquid crystalline scaffold imparts order on cell arrangement

Tiling yields model tissue

01 October 2008

US scientists are mimicking tissue by fixing together tiles of cells

Dip-in DNA detective

24 September 2008

Chinese scientists can monitor the polymerase chain reaction using a new approach to DNA detection

Good prospects for Lab on a Chip

Lab on a Chip, the miniaturisation journal for chemistry, biology and bioengineering is now taking miniaturisation science to the next level