Carolyn Beans

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Latest articles by Carolyn Beans

Dictyostelium discoideum, cellular communication

How a Cell Knows Friend From Foe

By Carolyn Beans published

Opinion Scientists are revealing how cellular communication works at the simplest level.

Opinion
Fluorescent probe of RSV-infected RNA

Using Lights to Illuminate Biology

By Carolyn Beans, Chidinma Okparanta published

Here’s a look at just a few of the ways new light-based tools have deepened our understanding of living systems and set the stage for future medical advances.

Health
using Wikipedia to forecast infectious disease outbreaks

Forecasting Infectious Disease Spread with Web Data

By Emily Carlson, Carolyn Beans published

Researchers are using public, anonymous social media and other web data to get better at forecasting the spread of infectious diseases.

Tech