Founder, Chairman, and CEO, NeuroVigil, Age: 33
Founder, Chairman, and CEO, NeuroVigil, Age: 33
The science images and videos that captured our attention in 2012
Fungi in 100 million year-old seafloor sediments could possess novel antibiotics.
Insulin, long recognized as a primary regulator of blood glucose, is now also understood to play key roles in neuroplasticity, neuromodulation, and neurotrophism.
Two species of songbirds pack their nests with scavenged cigarette butts that repel irksome parasites.
Elderly people are worse at spotting untrustworthy faces, possibly due to decreased activity in the brain region associated with such perceptions.
| December 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the December 2012 issue of The Scientist.
The Scientist’s 5th installment of its annual competition attracted submissions from across the life science spectrum. Here are the best and brightest products of the year.
Laurent Descarries, well known for his research on the brain’s axon terminals, has passed away at the age of 73.
Rodents experience placebo-induced pain relief, providing a new model with which to investigate the phenomenon.