The revelation on Monday that health-care workers have been infected by the virus that seemingly started spreading from fish market in Wuhan, China, considered a litmus test for a pathogen’s ability to spread between people, suggests that the pathogen is more…
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A survey of more than 4,000 scientists has painted a damning picture of the culture in which they work, suggesting that highly competitive and often hostile environments are damaging the quality of research. Around 80% of the survey’s participants — mostly…
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Sphingolipid metabolism in cancer signalling and therapy For decades, research into Alzheimer’s disease has centred on neurons. Only in the past few years have scientists identified a role for immune cells in the progression of this neurodegenerative disorder1….
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Nature lists the most important scientists of 2019: RICARDO GALVÃO: Science defender – As chaos spiked in the Amazon, the physicist became a national hero by challenging Brazil’s government. VICTORIA KASPI: Sky sleuth – An astrophysicist…
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