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
Insulin, long recognized as a primary regulator of blood glucose, is now also understood to play key roles in neuroplasticity, neuromodulation, and neurotrophism.
Elderly people are worse at spotting untrustworthy faces, possibly due to decreased activity in the brain region associated with such perceptions.
Tests run on Martian soil samples indicate the presence of organic compounds, but the traces of carbon may or may not have come from once-living things.
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.
Lab inspection reports and internal documents reveal incidents involving the mistreatment of research animals at the University of California, San Francisco.
The Mars rover has reportedly made a major discovery, but the world won’t know what it is until next week at the earliest.
NASA scientists are closely watching a dust storm on Mars that threatens to go global and interfere with rovers on the planet’s surface.