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Alternative Medicines
The Scientist | Jul 1, 2012 | 10+ min read
As nonconventional medical treatments become increasingly mainstream, we take a look at the science behind some of the most popular.
2020 Top 10 Innovations
The Scientist | Dec 1, 2020 | 10+ min read
From a rapid molecular test for COVID-19 to tools that can characterize the antibodies produced in the plasma of patients recovering from the disease, this year’s winners reflect the research community’s shared focus in a challenging year.
Brainstorms Abound At NIH's Neurological And Stroke Institute
Neeraja Sankaran | Mar 19, 1995 | 8 min read
Research in the neurosciences is in the midst of a particularly exciting period of discovery, says Zach Hall, director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), as scientists continue to learn more about the basic biology of such disorders as stroke, epilepsy, and degenerative conditions like Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and Huntington's diseases. Hall's institute has supported and participated in many of these landmark studies. Now the field stands poised on the brin
2011 World Science Festival: A look back
The Scientist | Jun 10, 2011 | 5 min read
The Scientist covered some of the events that made this year's festival memorable.
Those We Lost in 2018
Ashley Yeager | Dec 26, 2018 | 10+ min read
The scientific community said goodbye to a number of leading researchers this year.
Re-engineering Humans
The Scientist | Mar 1, 2007 | 10+ min read
We challenged experts across fields to imagine a new way to solve the problems of human aging. Our question: What if Humans were Designed to Last? By S. Jay Olshansky, Robert N. Butler, and Bruce A. Carnes Illustrations by Thom Graves When Michelangelo painted The Creation of Adam on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, he portrayed the Renaissance view of humanity as having been molded by the hand of its creator, a "perfect" physical spe
Olfaction Scientists: Sniffing Out Some New Applications
Robin Eisner | Nov 11, 1990 | 9 min read
A wide range of scientific challenges spawns a surge in basic research for this once unacclaimed discipline Most researchers long believed that the sense of smell was genetically determined and, therefore, unchangeable. But at least one scientist--Charles Wysocki of the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia--doubted this theory. Wysocki, a psychobiologist who investigates the genetics of olfaction in the 45 percent of the adult population who can't detect androstenone, a component in s

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