Rat neurons only weakly respond as the animals climbed upwards, suggesting the brain's map of the environment doesn't account for altitude.
Rat neurons only weakly respond as the animals climbed upwards, suggesting the brain's map of the environment doesn't account for altitude.
The United Kingdom is revamping its intellectual property laws for published research.
Heat-sensing protein channels in vampire bats allow the flying mammals to find the best place to sink their teeth into their prey.
A new educational framework swaps breadth of scientific disciplines for depth and emphasizes the process of science.
The well-studied hormone functions as a neurotransmitter in the brains of zebra finches.
| August 1, 2011
In Chapter 6, "Research and Teaching at the All-Administrative University," author Benjamin Ginsberg describes the perils of pursuing scholarship and teaching in the industrial environment of today's American institutions of higher learning.
Sequencing the DNA of individual neurons is a way to dissect the genes underlying major neurological and psychological disorders.
Administrators have taken over US universities, and they’re steering institutions of higher learning away from the goal of serving as beacons of knowledge.
A young botanist pays tribute to his mentor by naming a newly discovered, rare species in his honor.