Is the pressure of the publish-or-perish mentality driving more researchers to commit misconduct?
Is the pressure of the publish-or-perish mentality driving more researchers to commit misconduct?
More than 100 researchers have left a neuroscience institute in Brazil in the last couple of weeks, protesting managerial problems they say are thwarting their work.
Rat neurons only weakly respond as the animals climbed upwards, suggesting the brain's map of the environment doesn't account for altitude.
Heat-sensing protein channels in vampire bats allow the flying mammals to find the best place to sink their teeth into their prey.
Another free academic citation tracking service adds more competition to the field.
The well-studied hormone functions as a neurotransmitter in the brains of zebra finches.
Sequencing the DNA of individual neurons is a way to dissect the genes underlying major neurological and psychological disorders.
August 1, 2011
Meet some of the people featured in the August 2011 issue of The Scientist.