The Government Shutdown Was Temporary, Its Damage to Science Permanent, Scientific American “In many ways the federal government shutdown was a huge, unplanned experiment in what happens when we give up on science for two weeks. The experiment is now over and the results are still incomplete. But so far, they are ugly.” Shutdown’s science fallout could last for years, Politico “Even if the government opens tomorrow, a significant amount […]

How to Solve Protein Structures with an X-ray Laser, Science (subscription required) “For over a decade, biologists have asked whether x-ray lasers can be used to determine the structures of biomolecules such as proteins. Such methods have the potential to allow structure determination from micro- or even nanoscale crystals, but radiation damage can be extensive and data interpretation is fraught with difficulty. On page 227 of this issue, Redecke et […]