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Best Places to Work for Postdocs, 2011
Setting up your own lab is no easy task, but this year’s respondents are using their postdoc experiences to prepare for the challenge By Cristina Luiggi |
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Behavior brief
A round up of recent discoveries in behavior research By Jef Akst |
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Editor's choice in immunology
Researchers discover a mechanism of antibody action that works inside cells, providing a "last line of defense" against infection By Richard P. Grant |
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Fig share
Mark Hahnel, a PhD student at Imperial College London, describes a new scientific figure-sharing site he released in beta today By Richard P. Grant |
New mechanism for dementia?
The voracious clearing of injured and dying cells that could have otherwise recovered may contribute to neurodegenerative disease By Cristina Luiggi |
Eye evolution questioned
Invertebrates with vertebrate-like vision challenge the idea that the two groups of organisms have distinctly different visual receptors By Amy Maxmen |
Top 7 in molecular biology
A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in molecular biology and related areas, from Faculty of 1000 By Megan Scudellari |
News in a nutshell
Postdoc protests; cell phone disturbs brain; Japanese university unrest By Jef Akst |
Capsule reviews
A selection of top-notch science books By Bob Grant |
The forum
Dip into The Scientist's mailbag to see what readers are saying about recent stories By The Scientist Staff |
Mad science?
A documentary about the research of neuroscientist Robert White goes beyond his macabre head-transplant experiments to highlight his contributions to science By Hannah Waters |
Puzzle me this
Why are placebos so mysterious? By Graeme Stemp-Morlock |
The evolution of credibility
A new book on the practice of science explores the winding path of discovery, and much more By Frederick Grinnell |