We will build our new world

How will robots integrate into our world?

New coworker: The workplace robot Baxter from Rethink Robotics, on display here at the Science Museum London, can learn to carry out a wide variety of tasks and is safe for use next to human colleagues. (Photo: Michael Gross.) The Science Museum in London, UK, currently hosts a diverse crowd of around 100 very special guests from near and far. Harry from Japan plays the trumpet; Baxter from the...

Animal Behaviour: Old World Monkeys Build New World Order

New experimental evidence shows that policing behaviour by dominant monkeys stabilizes and integrates macaque societies.

An amalgam-free world--are we and our patients ready?

How Will Kinetics and Thermodynamics Inform Our Future Efforts to Understand and Build Biological Systems?

When I started graduate school, we were taught that every protein has a single unique three-dimensional structure that defines its function. Thirty years later, it is now clear that many proteins include domains that assume different structures in response to binding partners or small molecules. Likewise, RNA molecules can form kinetically trapped intermediates that slowly refold into their fun...

Can We Add Auricular Composite Graft to Our Rhinoplasty Armamentarium?

BACKGROUND The ala of the nose, with its particular texture and characteristics, poses both aesthetically and functionally intriguing challenges and is rather problematic regarding choices for reconstructive methods. Both flaps and grafts have been used to restore natural structure of nasal ala. The present study summarizes a ten-year experience of reconstructive surgery using small composite...