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Wearable system to sense and stimulate the brain at unprecedented resolution
A team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University is starting a project to design and implement a noninvasive neural interface that can be used as...
Scientists succeed in testing potential brain-based method to diagnose autism
Credit: Wake Forest Baptist Health WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - May 20, 2019 - Scientists at Wake Forest School of Medicine have taken the first step in...
Protein that hinders advancement of prostate cancer identified
(Boston)--Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have discovered that blocking a specific protein, may be a promising strategy to prevent the spread of...
Superconductor’s magnetic persona unmasked
Iron selenide revealed as 'garden-variety iron-based superconductor'Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University In the pantheon of unconventional superconductors, iron selenide is a rock star. But new experiments...
Hyperspectral camera captures wealth of data in an instant
Rice University's NASA-funded TuLIPSS project sets high standard for portable spectrometersCredit: Modern Optical Instrumentation and Bio-Imaging Laboratory/Rice University Standard snapshots from space don't quite show...
Synthetic biologists hack bacterial sensors
Technology could enable new medical, industrial, environmental biosensorsCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Rice University synthetic biologists have hacked bacterial sensing with a plug-and-play system that could...
Dog-like robot made by students jumps, flips and trots
Credit: Kurt Hickman/Stanford News Service Putting their own twist on robots that amble through complicated landscapes, the Stanford Student Robotics club's Extreme Mobility team at...
Neurobiology: Doubly secured
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich researchers have used CRISPR technology to probe the mechanisms that guide the developmental trajectories of stem cells in the brain. The...
SLAS Discovery announces its June cover article
SLAS Discovery announces its June cover article, 'A Perspective on Extreme Open Science: Companies Sharing Compounds without Restriction'Credit: David James Group Oak Brook, IL -...
Pseudohermaphrodite snails can help to access how polluted the Arctic seas are
Credit: Ivan Nekhaev, a postdoc at St Petersburg University Ivan Nekhaev, a postdoc at St Petersburg University, studied snails of the genus Boreocingula - tiny...
International collaboration aims to predict life-threatening reaction to heparin treatment
Credit: UAHS BioCommunications TUCSON, Ariz. - Each year, as many as 12 million hospitalized patients -- one-third of all individuals hospitalized -- are prescribed the...
Climate change has long-term impact on species adaptability
Historic climate change events can have a lasting impact on the genetic diversity of a species, reveals a new study published in Current Biology. This...
New coalition to bolster fight against ticks and mosquitoes
Stakeholder group will channel collective action for national vector-borne disease strategyCredit: (Tick) Scott Bauer, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org; (Mosquito) James Gathany, CDC Public Health...
Russian scientists make discovery that can help remove gypsy moths from forests
Credit: Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University The caterpillars of Lymantria dispar or Gypsy Moth are voracious eaters capable of defoliating entire forests. Sometimes they can...
