Mapping the musical mind
Researchers in Japan used magnetic resonance imaging to study the brains of secondary school students during a task focused on musical observation. They found that...
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Communication between cells plays a major role in deciding their fate
Scientists have found a way to prove that biochemical signals sent from cell to cell play an important role in determining how those cells develop.Credit:...
Venoms in snakes and salivary protein in mammals share a common origin
Snakes, some lizards and even a few mammals can have a venomous bite. Although these lineages split more than 300 million years ago, their venoms...
Researchers lay groundwork for potential dog-allergy vaccine
There have been many research efforts describing the nature and progression of dog allergies, but there have been very few applied studies that use this...
Humble lizards offer surprising approach to engineering artificial lungs
When it comes to studying lungs, humans take up all the air, but it turns out scientists have a lot to learn from lizards.Credit: Image...
Scripps Research discovery illuminates how brain cells die in prion diseases
LA JOLLA, CA—Prion diseases, such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), are fast-moving, fatal dementia syndromes associated with the formation of aggregates of the prion protein, PrP....
COVID-19 awareness and preparedness among healthcare workers worldwide
A survey of healthcare workers in 57 countries found that while overall preparedness for and awareness of the COVID-19 pandemic were at levels deemed acceptable...
Genetic discoveries could improve spinach’s disease resistance and palatability
Most of us are familiar with “spinach teeth,” the harmless but gritty-chalky mouthfeel caused by the vegetable.Credit: Image credit: Xiaofeng Cai. Most of us are...
These fish work together by the hundreds of thousands to make waves
In the sports arena, spectators sometimes create a spectacle known as a wave, as successive groups stand up in unison to yell with arms in...
Harvard geneticists’ new research on ancient Britain contains insights on language, ancestry, kinship, milk
New research revealing a major migration to the island of Great Britain offers fresh insights into the languages spoken at the time, the ancestry of...
MBL team succeeds in culturing the pygmy zebra octopus
By Emily GreenhalghCredit: Tim Briggs By Emily Greenhalgh WOODS HOLE, Mass. — For generations, scientists have relied on a handful of organisms to study the...
Innovative X-ray imaging shows Covid-19 can cause vascular damage to the heart
An interdisciplinary research team from the University of Göttingen and Hannover Medical School (MHH) has detected significant changes in the heart muscle tissue of people...
T cells: No time to die
They are at the forefront in the fight against viruses, bacteria, and malignant cells: the T cells of our immune system. But the older we...
New species of bacteria named after the John Innes Centre
A newly discovered species of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has been named after the academic institute where it was identified – the John Innes Centre. Credit: DSMZ A...
Developing bioactive coatings for better orthopaedic implants
Montréal and Varennes, December 22, 2021 - Bioactive coatings play a vital role in the success of implants such as those for knees or hips,...
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