Protein aggregates in the brains of some people with dementia or motor neuron disease have a surprising origin.
Protein aggregates in the brains of some people with dementia or motor neuron disease have a surprising origin.
Regulators are warning that the Asian country’s nuclear power infrastructure may still be vulnerable to earthquakes.
Globally, 15-year-old girls outscored boys in 43 of the 65 countries tested.
One of the most advanced tuberculosis vaccines has failed to protect infants from getting the disease in a clinical trial, but it may be effective in adults.
In Chapter 1, “A Theory,” author Aaron James constructs a working definition for the type of person that earns the ignominious moniker.
Harvard geneticists and anthropologists challenge the work of two economists who say there’s a link between genetic diversity and wealth.
A new study disputes findings of a 2011 analysis suggesting that black researchers are funded less than their equally qualified white peers.
A company offering experimental stem-cell treatments will carry out its procedures in Mexico after the FDA warned that it would need approval to operate in the U.S.
The Science of Love, Bad Pharma, Genes, Cells and Brains, and Nature Wars
| February 1, 2013
Meet some of the people featured in the February 2013 issue of The Scientist.