The prominent researcher has been put on administrative leave pending an investigation into unspecified allegations.
Painful snake bites may hold clues to developing analgesic drugs.
Painful snake bites may hold clues to developing analgesic drugs.
Ben Barres of Stanford University described glia’s roles in ensuring neurons’ proper synapse formation and in responding to brain injury.
A sampling of some of the fascinating critters identified by scientists this year
From a plastic-munching coral to see-through frogs, here are The Scientist’s favorite images from 2017.
Syrian hamsters and thirteen-lined ground squirrels are tolerant of chilly temperatures, thanks to amino acid changes in a cold-responsive ion channel.
Upping a gene’s expression in rat brains made them better learners and normalized the activity of hundreds of other genes to resemble the brains of younger animals.
Entomologists have rediscovered a species of moth that was considered lost for 130 years.
Single-cell genome analyses reveal the amount of mutations a human brain cell will collect from its fetal beginnings until death.
Factors such as humidity and temperature can affect how Rhinolophus clivosus use echolocation.
In chapter 3, “The Sense of Sensibility,” author Wendy Jones uses scenes from one of Jane Austen’s most celebrated novels to illustrate the functioning of the body’s stress response system.