Welcome

Welcome

From the editor.

by Jason Smith

Features

Nanofabulous

Small works from the 2010 scientific art competition held by Carolina’s nanofabrication lab.

by Margarite Nathe

Man, in a Mouse

J. Victor Garcia-Martinez can give mice fully functioning human immune systems. Can he protect them from HIV?

by Mark Derewicz

How Old Are You, Really?

Ned Sharpless is forty-three. But his research on a protein called p16 shows that he’s much younger — molecularly speaking.

by Mark Derewicz

A Story for Chase

Doctors didn’t know what he had or how to treat him. But Randi Davenport never stopped fighting for her son.

by Margarite Nathe

For the Record

A group of undergrads start a label to help campus musicians find their groove.

by Alex Raines

Strange Little Vessels

You don’t normally need them. Most of the time, they don’t even carry blood. But they might help save your life.

by Meagen Voss

(Net)work Wonders

The math behind congressional committees and the Bowl Championship Series.

by Susan Hardy

When the End was Nigh

Apocalypse Then.

by Mark Derewicz

Detect, Detain, Deport

Is North Carolina using 287(g) the way the federal government intended?

by Mark Derewicz

Send in the Cells

Klaus Hahn’s guiding light can make cells move. Some day we may be able to use it to repair nerve injuries, assemble cells into new muscle and bone, or figure out how an embryo develops.

by Susan Hardy

Overview

A sound decision

by Ginnie Hench

This virus kills cancer

by Lee Langer

Menopause sooner?

by Jason Smith

Trained to deliver

by Mark Derewicz

In Print

The forgotten father

by Mark Derewicz

Out of the wreckage, a verse

by Mark Derewicz

Endview

How old are you, really?

Fall 2010