To the great scientific leaps witnessed during our first 25 years, and the game changers yet to come.
To the great scientific leaps witnessed during our first 25 years, and the game changers yet to come.
As neuroscientists look to the future of their field, they are beginning to delve into more complex factors that define our emotions and intentions.
In an essay entitled "Nurture, Nature, and the Stress That is Life," neurobiologists Darlene Francis and Daniela Kaufer envision a future where science moves past the nature vs. nurture debate in considering differences in human behavioral responses to stress.
Considered a renegade by his peers, Nobel Prize-winner Eric Kandel used a simple model to probe the neural circuitry of memory.
A selection of quotes from past issues of The Scientist
Eric Kandel, winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for his work on signal transduction in the nervous system, chats about the ever-changing field of neuroscience, funding, his students, and what he hopes science will accomplish.
How an Italian scientist doing Frankenstein-like experiments on dead frogs discovered that the body is powered by electrical impulses.
Three-dimensional scaffolds for growing and guiding neurons are getting smaller and more tailored in design.
The US company investigating the use of human embryonic stem cells to treat a type of macular dystrophy expands its clinical trials to the UK.
This year’s winners research topics ranging from stem cell regulation to brain damage from football injuries.