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Brain’s Decision-Making Structure Revealed
A key part of the brain involved with decision making, the striatum, appears to operate hierarchically – much like a...
Neurons controlling appetite made from skin cells
Researchers have for the first time successfully converted adult human skin cells into neurons of the type that regulate appetite,...
Optogenetic stimulation of the brain to control pain
A new study by a University of Texas at Arlington physics team in collaboration with bioengineering and psychology researchers shows...
Temporary Tattoo Offers Needle-Free Way to Monitor Glucose Levels
Nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego have tested a temporary tattoo that both extracts and measures the level...
Hidden gene gives hopes for improving brain function
U.S. and Australian scientists have found the mechanism a novel gene uses to affect brain function and elicit behavior related...
Widely used food additives promotes colitis, obesity and metabolic syndrome
Emulsifiers, which are added to most processed foods to aid texture and extend shelf life, can alter the gut microbiota...
Optical nanoantennas set the stage for a NEMS lab-on-a-chip revolution
Newly developed tiny antennas, likened to spotlights on the nanoscale, offer the potential to measure food safety, identify pollutants in...
The Body’s Transformers
Like the shape-shifting robots of “Transformers” fame, a unique class of proteins in the human body also has the ability...
Flexible nanosensors for wearable devices
Researchers from UPM have developed a manufacturing method of aluminum optical nanosensors on versatile substrates that can be used for...
Novel computer model designed to understand cardiovascular diseases
Researchers have developed a novel three-dimensional, multiscale and multicomponent model of endothelial cells monolayer, the inner lining of artery, to...
Scientists grow leg muscle from cells in a dish
A team of researchers from Italy, Israel and the United Kingdom has succeeded in generating mature, functional skeletal muscles in...
Magnetic Nanoparticles To Stop Strokes
By loading magnetic nanoparticles with drugs and dressing them in biochemical camouflage, Houston Methodist researchers say they can destroy blood...
Prosthetic Hand Controlled by Patient’s Mind
Three Austrian men have become the first in the world to undergo a new technique called “bionic reconstruction”, enabling them...
Nanotechnology, Genetic Interference for Tumors?
There are no effective available treatments for sufferers of Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most aggressive and devastating form of brain...
Antibiotics give rise to new communities of harmful bacteria
Most people have taken an antibiotic to treat a bacterial infection. Now researchers from the University of North Carolina at...
How brain waves guide memory formation
Our brains generate a constant hum of activity: As neurons fire, they produce brain waves that oscillate at different frequencies....
Scientists find cancer weak spots for new targeted drugs
Scientists have identified weak spots in cancer cells that could be targeted and attacked by new precision drugs. A major...
Building tailor-made DNA nanotubes step by step
Researchers have developed a new, low-cost method to build DNA nanotubes block by block – a breakthrough that could help...
Tasting light
Newly discovered taste receptors for hydrogen peroxide allow worms to indirectly detect light. Human taste receptors are specialized to distinguish...
‘Guardian’ protein of brain function
Mitochondria not only are the cell’s main power producers, they are also the chief cooks and bottle washers.When they get...