Nobel Laureate Jerome Karle has passed away at age 94.
Nobel Laureate Jerome Karle has passed away at age 94.
The cell fragments play a role in the body’s first line of defense against bacterial infection, helping white blood cells grab blood-borne bacteria in the liver.
A compound that targets a particular opioid receptor in the amygdala reduces the formation of PTSD-like systems in mice subjected to severe trauma.
Some H5N1 and H7N9 bird flu viruses could be one mutation away from spreading efficiently between humans.
Scientists discover gene behind an inherited muscle disorder by studying zebrafish embryos.
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Meet some of the people featured in the June 2013 issue of The Scientist.
Highways and byways are among the man-made environmental alterations driving the evolution of animals on contemporary timescales, with implications for ecology.
Raising one evolutionary question after another, Brandon Gaut has harvested a crop of novel findings about how plant genomes evolve.
Scientists working in developing nations who engage in capacity building find it bolsters the lives of locals and their own work.
Turning cell phones into basic research tools can improve health care in the developing world.