Nervous system may play bigger role in infections than previously known
The nervous system may play a bigger role in infections and autoimmune diseases than previously known. If researchers can learn...
Scientists discover treatment breakthrough for advanced bladder cancer
Scientists from Queen Mary University of London have made a breakthrough in developing a new therapy for advanced bladder cancer...
Copper on the Brain at Rest
In recent years it has been established that copper plays an essential role in the health of the human brain....
The future of fake meat
Alastair Gee: "In the future, how will we define meat?" Featured illustration by Emily Pidgeon/TED. At home one night earlier...
Two-Cell Mouse Embryos Talk About Their Future
Bioengineers at the University of California, San Diego have discovered that mouse embryos are contemplating their cellular fates in the...
Large biological circuits
Researchers have made great progress in recent years in the design and creation of biological circuits — systems that, like...
‘Huge breakthrough’ in understanding how the immune system recognises cancer
US researchers have revealed the identity of molecules on the surface of cancer cells which allow the body's immune system...
Imagination, reality flow in opposite directions in the brain
As real as that daydream may seem, its path through your brain runs opposite reality. Aiming to discern discrete neural...
A lab the size of a postage stamp
Traditional lab tests for disease diagnosis can be too expensive and cumbersome for the regions most in need. George Whitesides'...
Nail stem cells prove more versatile than press ons
There are plenty of body parts that don’t grow back when you lose them. Nails are an exception, and a...
Scientists prevent memory problems caused by sleep deprivation
Sleep is a critical period for memory consolidation, and most people don’t get enough. Research has shown that even brief...
Training can lead to synaesthetic experiences
A new study has shown for the first time that people can be trained to “see” letters of the alphabet...
Hacking health care
PhD student Andrea Ippolito improves health care through engineering, entrepreneurship, and systems design.For as long as she can remember, Andrea...
Two sensors in one
MIT chemists have developed new nanoparticles that can simultaneously perform magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and fluorescent imaging in living animals....
The role DNA methylation plays in aging cells
Although every person's DNA remains the same throughout their lives, scientists know that it functions differently at different ages. As...
Fruit flies learn from others
Researchers study how group interaction influences where female fruit flies lay their eggs Fruit flies do not always conform to...
Advances in electron microscopy reveal secrets of HIV and other viruses
UC Davis researchers are getting a new look at the workings of HIV and other viruses thanks to new techniques...
Finding new ways to make drugs
Chemists have developed a revolutionary new way to manufacture natural chemicals and used it to assemble a scarce anti-inflammatory drug...
Viruses impaired if their targets have diverse genes
When a viral infection spread through five genetically identical mice in a row, the virus replicated faster and became more...
A sweet bacterium keeps track of time
Researchers are studying the Caulobacter crescentus bacterium because of its developmental process and cellular cycle, which serve as models for...
