Associate Professor in Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology at the University of Texas at Austin, John Wallingford, makes his living using cutting-edge microscopic techniques to watch developmental events unfold in real time.
Scientists hope an understanding of nerve fibers responsive only to gentle touch will give insight into the role the sense plays in social bonding.
Stem cells collected from younger donors are more effective for transplantation and regenerative medicine than those from older individuals.
As a new age in scholarly publishing dawns, improved standards for openness in communicating scientific information promise to eliminate biases and publication delays.
A single-celled relative of animals forms colonies when exposed to a bacterial product, hinting at the possible origins of multicellularity.
Open-access journals are reaching the same quality levels as their subscription counterparts.
August 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the August 2012 issue of The Scientist.
At age 16, Alexandra Sourakov has her first scientific publication, on the foraging behavior of butterflies.
On the 10th anniversary of The Scientist’s survey of life science academics, institutions are contending with tighter budgets and larger administrative staffs, while working to sustain and inspire their researchers.
Overzealous open-access advocates are creating an exploitative environment, threatening the credibility of scholarly publishing.