How an Italian scientist doing Frankenstein-like experiments on dead frogs discovered that the body is powered by electrical impulses.
How an Italian scientist doing Frankenstein-like experiments on dead frogs discovered that the body is powered by electrical impulses.
A German ethics council weighs in on the discussion about the use of human-animal chimeras in research.
The funding agency is taking strides to avoid losing parents from the scientific workforce.
Three-dimensional scaffolds for growing and guiding neurons are getting smaller and more tailored in design.
This year’s winners research topics ranging from stem cell regulation to brain damage from football injuries.
A 2012 spending bill, approved by a Senate panel yesterday, would trim the NIH budget by $190 million.
A lawsuit accuses a Baltimore medical institute of exposing children to lead poisoning in the 1990s.
Researchers package a fluorescence microscope—including the light and camera—that can image the brain of a freely moving mouse.
Nerve signals control T cell responses, helping to explain inflammation and stroke.
New doping tests that could be used at the 2012 London Olympics should ward off cheaters better than ever before.