Quanta MagazineGenes The Epigenetic Secrets Behind Dopamine, Drug Addiction and Depression Quanta Magazine - R. Douglas Fields New research links serotonin and dopamine not just to addiction and depression, but to the ability to control genes. As I opened my copy of Science at …
Quanta MagazineMathematics A Scientist Who Delights in the Mundane Quanta Magazine - Steve Nadis From crumpled paper to termite mounds to three-sided coins, L. Mahadevan has turned the whole world into his laboratory.
Quanta MagazineEcosystems A Physicist’s Approach to Biology Brings Ecological Insights Quanta Magazine - Gabriel Popkin The physicist Jeff Gore tests theories about microbe communities experimentally and finds new rules governing ecological stability.
Quanta MagazineMetabolism New Clues to Chemical Origins of Metabolism at Dawn of Life Quanta Magazine - John Rennie The ingredients for reactions ancestral to metabolism could have formed very easily in the primordial soup, new work suggests. Popular speculations …
Quanta MagazineNobel Prize Nobel Prize Awarded for Discovery of Hepatitis C Virus Quanta Magazine - Jordana Cepelewicz A trio of scientists receive the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of the cause of leading cause of liver disease. The …
