A brain mechanism underlying ‘vision’ in the blind is revealed
Credit: The Weizmann Institute of Science Some people have lost their eyesight, but they continue to "see." This phenomenon, a kind of vivid visual hallucination,...
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Drug combination increases susceptibility to chemotherapy in cases of severe neuroblastoma
Credit: Photo by Margareta G. Kubista Researchers at the University of Gothenburg now suggest a possible cure for children with hard-to-treat forms of neuroblastoma using...
What are the performance limits of our brain?
University of Magdeburg receives 14 million euros for world-class neuroscientific researchCredit: Sarah Rinke Which neurobiological principles prevent us as humans from fully utilizing our own...
Research shows rising lizard temperatures may change predator-prey relationship with snakes
Four decades of research on Japanese Izu Islands finds rising lizard temperatures may change predator-prey relationship with snakesCredit: Masami Hasegawa In a study spanning four...
A subtle change in the DNA may predispose to polyneuropathy after gut infection
Credit: Department of Immunology, TMDU Tokyo, Japan - Guillain-Barré syndrome is an infamous autoimmune neuropathy, yet genetic variants predisposing individuals to this disease have yet...
Researchers synthesize bio-based Methylcyclopentadiene with 3-Methylcyclopent-2-enone
Credit: DICP Methylcyclopentadiene (MCPD) is an important monomer in the production of RJ-4 fuel, a high-energy-density rocket fuel, and various valuable products. Currently, MCPD is...
Machine-learning models of matter beyond interatomic potentials
Credit: @Michele Ceriotti Combining electronic structure calculations and machine learning (ML) techniques has become a common approach in the atomistic modelling of matter. Using the...
Low risk of severe COVID-19 in children
Credit: Alexander Donka Sweden kept preschools, primary and lower secondary schools open during the spring of 2020. So far, little research has been done on...
Researchers repurpose ‘damaged’ polymer optical fibers to precisely measure magnetic fields
Credit: Yokohama National University The invention of optical fibers has revolutionized not only telecommunications but also sensing technology. Optical fiber sensors can measure strain, temperature,...
Focused ultrasound shows promise for Parkinson’s disease
Credit: UVA Health A scalpel-free alternative to brain surgery has the potential to benefit people with Parkinson's disease symptoms that are much more severe on...
New hard disk write head analytical technology can increase hard disk capacities
Credit: Toshiba Using synchrotron radiation at SPring-8 - a large-scale synchrotron radiation facility - Tohoku University, Toshiba Corporation, and the Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute...
Where antibiotic resistance comes from
Credit: Photo by Johan Wingborg By comparing thousands of bacterial genomes, scientists in Gothenburg, Sweden have traced back the evolutionary history of antibiotic resistance genes....
Deep learning helps predicting occult peritoneal metastasis in stomach cancer
Credit: SIAT Stomach cancer, or gastric cancer, is a common gastrointestinal malignancy. Peritoneal metastasis occurs in a majority of patients with advanced stomach cancer and...
Math and the buildings we live and work in
University of Hawaii professor Wai-Fah Chen reveals how the mathematical theory of plasticity shaped the modern structural designCredit: World Scientific The book is state-of-the-art and...
Want to diagnose brain diseases? A mass spectrometry imaging may one day help you
Researchers from Osaka University developed a new method for brain tissue analysis in high spatial resolution that requires no sample preparationCredit: Reproduced with permission. Copyright...
