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Stem Cell Discovery: Treatments for Blindness?
Scientists at the University of Southampton have discovered that a region on the front surface of the eye harbours special...
Scientists Erase Specific Memories in Mice
Just look into the light: not quite, but researchers at the UC Davis Center for Neuroscience and Department of Psychology...
Prosthetic Hand: Amputees ‘Feel’ Sensations
Even before he lost his right hand to an industrial accident 4 years ago, Igor Spetic had family open his...
New approach to boosting biofuel production
Yeast are commonly used to transform corn and other plant materials into biofuels such as ethanol. However, large concentrations of...
New drug-delivery capsule may replace injections
Given a choice, most patients would prefer to take a drug orally instead of getting an injection. Unfortunately, many drugs,...
Sensing neuronal activity with light
For years, neuroscientists have been trying to develop tools that would allow them to clearly view the brain's circuitry in...
Wireless sensor transmits tumor pressure
A novel sensor that can wirelessly relay pressure readings from inside a tumor has been developed by researchers. Wireless interstitial...
Scientists discover an on/off switch for aging cells
Scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered an on-and-off “switch” in cells that may hold the key to healthy aging....
Neuroscientists identify key role of language gene
Neuroscientists have found that a gene mutation that arose more than half a million years ago may be key to...
15 years of carbon dioxide emissions on Earth mapped
World leaders face multiple barriers in their efforts to reach agreement on greenhouse gas emission policies. And, according to Arizona...
Scientists map white matter connections within the human brain
Roughly 100 trillion connections between neurons make it possible for the brain to function. Psychology Professor Brian Wandell's group has...
Scientists revert human stem cells to pristine state
Researchers at EMBL-EBI have resolved a long-standing challenge in stem cell biology by successfully 'resetting' human pluripotent stem cells to...
The interactive brain
Amy Griffin, associate professor of psychological and brain sciences at the University of Delaware, has received a five-year, $1.78 million...
Nuclear waste eaters
Although bacteria with waste-eating properties have been discovered in relatively pristine soils before, this is the first time that microbes...
Cell Smashes and Rebuilds Its Own Genome
Life can be so intricate and novel that even a single cell can pack a few surprises, according to a...
How the brain finds what it’s looking for
Despite the barrage of visual information the brain receives, it retains a remarkable ability to focus on important and relevant...
Synthetic messenger boosts immune system
Specific immune cells, known as T lymphocytes, have to be activated so that the body can develop long-term protection against...
Artificial cells take their first steps: Movable cytoskeleton membrane fabricated for first time
Using only a few ingredients, the biophysicist Prof. Andreas Bausch and his team at the Technische Universität München (TUM) have...
Scientists call for investigation of mysterious cloud-like collections in cells
About 50 years ago, electron microscopy revealed the presence of tiny blob-like structures that form inside cells, move around and...
Memory in silent neurons
According to a generally-accepted model of synaptic plasticity, a neuron that communicates with others of the same kind emits an...