I’ve posted observations before that the trend in life science is toward multi-disciplinary projects combining scientists from many areas of expertise and a heck of a lot of equipment. I’ve even suggested that the ACS follow that trend. I recant. I recently interviewed one of the Society’s extramural grant recipients, Dr. Kathleen Collins, and she totally convinced me that the ...

A research team has made the first protein designed from scratch that works the way they predicted and is not found in nature. For proteins, how they fold and assume particular shapes is critical. Protein function in living things depends greatly on exactly how the structure shapes up. The ability to start from a desired shape outcome and then work ...

You may need to put aside your political preferences for a moment to read this worthwhile article from Wired about how charities are picking up on the grass-roots fund raising success of Moveon.org and the Howard Dean campaign to increase success in online fundraising. Many charities now focus on building relationships with their supporters. They’re using e-mail lists to solicit ...

You might want to check-out this “New” feature at WebMD, an online weight-loss clinic.