Microbiology Articles

  • Can Starvation Make You Younger? Calorie restriction mimetics and the fight against aging

    6 April 2008, Laura Sexton, University of Chicago

    Researchers are exploring methods of mimicking calorie restriction, which is known to increase the lifespan of certain animals.

  • Light-switch magic in the brain

    27 December 2007, Louise Whiteley, University College London

    A new ‘light switch’ technique opens up a wide range of experiments that would have been impossible before, allowing scientists to answer fundamental questions about