Technology Features in 2012

Using two different kinds of imaging can give scientists a powerful combination of high specificity and detailed structural information.

Transient changes to the genome make its code more complex to interpret but they still put a gleam in the eye of drug and technology developers.

The field of connectomics is pulling neuroscience into a speedy, high-throughput lane that is generating vast amounts of data.

High-quality, data-rich samples are essential for future research. But obtaining and storing these samples is not as straightforward as many researchers think.

As increasing numbers of protein–protein interactions are identified, researchers are finding ways to interrogate these data and understand the interactions in a relevant context.

As more mutations are found across the genome, geneticists are focusing on learning which ones are likely to cause human disease, and how.