New Mechanism for Touch-Evoked Itch Found in Mice

By Natalia Mesa

A previously overlooked protein is important to this type of itch, an insight that could aid the development of new treatments.

Biden Nominates New Science Advisor

By Andy Carstens

If the Senate confirms her appointment, Arati Prabhakar will become the first woman, person of color, and immigrant to head the Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Announcing Words for Nerds, a New Game from The Scientist

By The Scientist Staff

Like playing Wordle? You’ll love Words for Nerds, which centers on scientific jargon and will challenge your brain every day.

Professors at Bombed Kharkiv University Struggle to Continue Their Work

By Stefan Weichert

With the Russian army nearby, faculty at V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University in Ukraine are trying to return to normal.

New Initiative Incentivizes Open Research

Canada Approves Experimental ALS Therapy

Infographic: Mixed Evidence on Human Occupation of the Americas

Technique Talk: Purifying Plant-Based Endogenous Biomolecules

By The Scientist Creative Services Team

In this Technique Talk, April Bauer will discuss negative chromatography-based purification for plant nucleic acids using GenElute-E™ purification kits as well as sample preparation and PCR reagent selection for successful qPCR results.

White Paper: Improving Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte (TIL) Extraction

By Curiox

Discover a better method for consistent TIL isolation and characterization from tumor samples.

June 2022 Interactive Crossword

By Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

Can you think of a 7-letter word for “estrogen or prednisone”?

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