Magazine
November-December 2008
November-December 2008
Volume: 96 Number: 6
Large scale genomic studies are sharpening but complicating molecular biologists' views of genes and their products. In "Genomics Confounds Gene Classification," Michael Seringhaus and Mark Gerstein explore the implications of such changes, especially the need for new classifying strategies to make the most of floods of new genomics data. Singaporean digital artist Jiang Li is also inspired by the complexity of life on the molecular scale. On the cover of this issue is her rendering of the human protein Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen, a DNA clamp, which is involved in a DNA repair pathway. A research assistant in the Digital Art and Science Program at the National University of Singapore, Li uses art to portray and celebrate life on a scale people cannot see directly. To see more of her work and listen to samples of "protein music," visit: http://amas.cz3.nus.edu.sg/art/.
In This Issue
- Agriculture
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- Environment
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- Evolution
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- Psychology
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- Technology
Virtual Fossils from 425 Million-year-old Volcanic Ash
Derek E. Briggs, Derek J. Siveter, David J. Siveter, Mark D. Sutton
Biology Evolution
A set of exceptionally preserved but difficult-to-extract fossils reveals the diverse creatures from a Silurian sea-floor community
UV Lights Up Marine Fish
Jill P. Zamzow, Peter A. Nelson, George S. Losey
Biology Evolution
Some fish have eyes that capture and perceive ultraviolet wavelengths, and many fish must cope with UV's effects
Rocket Science and Russian Spies
Joseph A. Castellano
Chemistry Physics Sociology Technology
During the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, the race to develop solid-fueled rockets involved secrecy, explosions and espionage
