lifes

Virtual cell models could help to predict how tumour cells (pictured) respond to experimental drugs. Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo Library If Stephen Quake gets his way, biologists in the future …

A three-dimensional map of the seabed shows the shape of the caldera of the Axial Seamount volcano. Warm colors show shallower depths and cool colors are deeper. Susan Merle/Oregon State …

Unaware that his life was about to take a dramatic turn, Harry Edwards came to class at San Jose State on his 21st birthday with two things in mind. “I …