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Top 7 in developmental biology
Megan Scudellari | May 9, 2011 | 3 min read
A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in developmental biology, from Faculty of 1000
Human finger touching a conceptual image of a brain, triggering an electrical spark.
Shaping Brain Recovery Using Bioelectricity
Iris Kulbatski, PhD | Aug 4, 2023 | 3 min read
Scientists are decoding how electrically stimulating transplanted stem cells helps heal the injured brain.
Can Single Cells Learn?
Catherine Offord | May 1, 2021 | 10+ min read
A controversial idea from the mid-20th century is attracting renewed attention from researchers developing theories for how cognition arises with or without a brain.
A scanning electron micrograph of a coculture of E. coli and Acinetobacter baylyi. Nanotubes can be seen extending from the E. coli.
What’s the Deal with Bacterial Nanotubes?
Sruthi S. Balakrishnan | Jun 1, 2021 | 10+ min read
Several labs have reported the formation of bacterial nanotubes under different, often contrasting conditions. What are these structures and why are they so hard to reproduce?
Brain cell origin solved
Jef Akst | Oct 20, 2010 | 3 min read
Brain macrophages are derived from cells in the embryonic yolk sac, finally solving an ongoing controversy in neuroscience
Collage of images including sperm, bacteria, coral, and an illustration of a researcher
Our Favorite Cell and Molecular Biology Stories of 2021
Jef Akst | Dec 2, 2021 | 3 min read
Beyond The Scientist’s coverage of COVID-19’s molecular underpinnings were many other stories highlighting the advances made in scientists’ understanding of the biology of cells.
STAP Drama Continues
Jef Akst | Mar 24, 2014 | 1 min read
Nearly two months after researchers published papers showing that they could induce pluripotency with an external stressor, the work’s validity is still being challenged.
Top Science Scandals of 2014
Jef Akst | Dec 24, 2014 | 2 min read
The stem cell that never was; post-publication peer review website faces legal trouble; biosecurity breaches at federal labs
Scientific Misconduct: Red Flags
John R. Thomas Jr. | Dec 1, 2015 | 6 min read
Warning signs that scandal might be brewing in your lab
 
Conceptual image of numbers
Is Your Brain Wired for Numbers?
Catherine Offord | Oct 1, 2021 | 10+ min read
Our perception of quantity, separate from counting or estimation of magnitude more generally, is foundational to human cognition, according to some neuroscientists.

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