The prominent researcher has been put on administrative leave pending an investigation into unspecified allegations.
Meet some of the finalists of this year's Best Places to Work in Academia survey.
July 1, 2011
Meet some of the people featured in the July 2011 issue of The Scientist.
Studying the earliest events in visual development, Carla Shatz has learned the importance of looking at one’s data with open eyes—and an open mind.
This animation illustrates optogenetics—a radical new technology for controlling brain activity with light.
“This is my trophy,” says biologist Michael Edidin, walking across his office at Johns Hopkins University to pick up two oversized clock hands, once part of the stately clock tower that still stands on the Baltimore campus.
When European explorers and fishermen began to frequent Canada’s shores in the 16th century, they brought with them a plethora of tools and trinkets, including knives, axes, kettles, and blankets.
United Nation officials declare rinderpest the first animal disease to be fully eradicated.
The president of the University of the Ryukyus in Japan coauthored a paper containing a duplicated figure.