Physiology and development

• Year of the what? - Premium content

  Nature News rounds up who's celebrating their year in 2009.

  1 January 2009

• Similar genes shape diverse leaves - Premium content

  Distantly related plants use the same set of genes to establish the outline of their leaves.

  18 December 2008

• Vatican toughens stance on embryo research - Premium content

  Proclamation on biomedical science and reproductive medicine revised.

  12 December 2008

• Kickstarting puberty - Premium content

  Genes discovered for brain pathway that triggers onset of adulthood.

  12 December 2008

• Plant hormone study pulled - Premium content

  Canadian lab retracts work on abscisic acid.

  10 December 2008

• Cell biology: Stretching the imagination - Premium content

  Squash them, pinch them, twist them, pull them #20; cells react to physical forces, finds Claire Ainsworth.

  10 December 2008

• Agronomy: Five crop researchers who could change the world - Premium content

  The current crisis in worldwide food prices reinforces the need for more productive agriculture. Emma Marris meets five ambitious scientists determined to stop the world from going hungry.

  3 December 2008

• Boost for work on deadliest forms of cancer - Premium content

  UK charity's �1.5 billion strategy includes plans for 20 new research centres.

  27 November 2008

• Argentina: The come back - Premium content

  Argentina's government has pledged to reverse a decades-long scientific brain drain. Rex Dalton reports.

  26 November 2008

• A new twist for horse racing - Premium content

  The hair on a horse's head could predict whether it is left- or right-hoofed.

  24 November 2008