Brain cells called pericytes can be reprogrammed into neurons with just two proteins, pointing to a novel way to treat neurodegenerative disorders.
Brain cells called pericytes can be reprogrammed into neurons with just two proteins, pointing to a novel way to treat neurodegenerative disorders.
In Chapter 3, "Out of the Tropics," author Nina G. Jablonski, explores the genes behind skin pigmentation and makes the distinction between color and race.
Researchers reveal a new pathway of synaptic modulation in the hippocampus exclusive to females.
A look at what the President achieved during his first term in the areas of health, space science, energy, environment, and science education
The biological and social ramifications of skin pigmentation are too often ignored by scientists, teachers, and the general public.
Disrupting a small part of the brain with a magnetic field can reduce people’s prejudice towards good news.
Legislation aimed at retaining foreign students who earn advanced science and engineering degrees in the United States is rejected by Congress.
Mice raised in isolation from their mothers developed cognitive deficits similar to those of babies raised in orphanages where physical contact is infrequent.
Researchers use characteristic differences in eye movements to identify patients with deficits in neurological function.
September 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the September 2012 issue of The Scientist.