An intrepid researcher and her team battle the elements and bouts of misfortune to explore the biodiversity of a brand new African country.
An intrepid researcher and her team battle the elements and bouts of misfortune to explore the biodiversity of a brand new African country.
Not all inflammation leads to pain. Despite widespread infection followed by fever, colds rarely cause pain. But when some cytokines and certain immune cells are active near pain-sensing nerves, they trigger receptors that convey pain sensations to t
The Scientist recounts the year’s top science prize winners and top-notch scientists that passed away.
A list of this year's most high-profile retractions and controversies in science
A coauthor of the key paper that led to one of this year’s Nobel Prizes for Physiology or Medicine claims the recipient wasn’t involved in the research.
A new Ebola vaccine candidate protects mice against death and can be produced quickly in response to a bioterrorism threat.
Lloyd Old, a researcher and former administrator of two cancer research institutes, passed away this week.
Advances in cell-culture technologies are paving the way to the complete elimination of animals from the laboratory.