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New research sheds light on how children’s brains memorize facts
As children shift from counting on their fingers to remembering math facts, the hippocampus and its functional circuits support the...
500 million year reset for the immune system
A single factor can reset the immune system of mice to a state likely similar to what it was 500...
Researchers Write Languages to Design Synthetic Living Systems
Researchers at Virginia Tech and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have used a computer-aided design tool to create genetic languages...
Study finds crucial step in DNA repair
cientists at Washington State University have identified a crucial step in DNA repair that could lead to targeted gene therapy...
Biongineering new bone growth
MIT chemical engineers have devised a new implantable tissue scaffold coated with bone growth factors that are released slowly over...
Artificial Cells Act Like the Real Thing
Imitation, they say, is the sincerest form of flattery, but mimicking the intricate networks and dynamic interactions that are inherent...
Bionic Liquids from Lignin
While the powerful solvents known as ionic liquids show great promise for liberating fermentable sugars from lignocellulose and improving the...
Epigenetic breakthrough bolsters understanding of Alzheimer’s disease
A team led by researchers at the University of Exeter Medical School and King's College London has uncovered some of...
Scientists make major breakthrough in understanding leukaemia
Scientists from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) have discovered mutations in genes that lead to childhood leukaemia of the...
An Attractive Solution for Heart Repair
Stem cell therapy is a promising option for repairing heart tissue damaged by heart attack. However, the main obstacle to...
Harnessing the power of bacteria’s sophisticated immune system
Bacteria’s ability to destroy viruses has long puzzled scientists, but researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health...
A self-organizing thousand-robot swarm
The first thousand-robot flash mob has assembled at Harvard University. “Form a sea star shape,” directs a computer scientist, sending...
Could your brain be reprogrammed to work better?
Researchers from The University of Western Australia have shown that electromagnetic stimulation can alter brain organisation which may make your...
Plants may use newly discovered molecular language to communicate
The discovery throws open the door to a new arena of science that explores how plants communicate with each other...
Do gut bacteria rule our minds?
It sounds like science fiction, but it seems that bacteria within us — which outnumber our own cells about 100-fold...
Using Light to Diagnose Parkinson’s
Xue Han investigates Parkinson’s disease with an unusual tool: light. Han is a pioneer in the young field of optogenetics,...
Preventing Immune Cells From Turning Against Body
When faced with pathogens, the immune system summons a swarm of cells made up of soldiers and peacekeepers. The peacekeeping...
Will Genomics Soon Explain the Human Brain Gain?
How close is genomics to showing us how the human brain evolved? Recently three geneticists at the forefront of human...
Gut Flora Influences HIV Immune Response
Normal microorganisms in the intestines appear to play a pivotal role in how the HIV virus foils a successful attack...
New material could enhance fast and accurate DNA sequencing
Gene-based personalized medicine has many possibilities for diagnosis and targeted therapy, but one big bottleneck: the expensive and time-consuming DNA-sequencing...