Recording brain activity as patients are anesthetized for surgery, researchers identify a pattern that may signal loss of consciousness.
Recording brain activity as patients are anesthetized for surgery, researchers identify a pattern that may signal loss of consciousness.
New noninvasive methods of selecting the most viable embryo could revolutionize in vitro fertilization.
| November 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the November 2012 issue of The Scientist.
Large RNA-protein packets use a novel mechanism to escape the cell nucleus.
Preserved remains from the Andes yield clues about infectious diseases.
Comparing the protein profile of a 500-year-old Inca mummy to modern humans reveals an active lung infection prior to sacrifice.
Swapping chromosomes from one human egg to another could eliminate mitochondrial DNA mutations that cause disease.
The blogosphere voices widespread condemnation for a sexist comment made by a researcher attending this week’s annual Society for Neuroscience conference.
Japanese lake sediments will help archaeologists better estimate the dates of artifacts and past events.