Scientists identify the segmentation and consolidation mechanism of long-term memories
Credit: IDIBELL A study led by the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) has identified a neural mechanism in humans that allows us to segment our...
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Bioreactors ready for the big time
Credit: Brandon C. Goeller, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. URBANA, Ill. – Last summer, the Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone" spanned more than 6,400...
Echo templates aid mental mapping in bats
Credit: Vanderelst et al., eLife, 2016 A study published in eLife provides new insights on how bats recognise their surroundings to help them build mental...
The Red Queen rules
Leave it to evolutionary biologists to name a theory from a line in Alice in Wonderland. In Lewis Carroll's book Through the Looking Glass, the...
Electron microscopy uncovers unexpected connections in fruit fly brain
Credit: Eichler et al., Janelia Research Campus What was once thought to be a done-and-dusted map of the fruit fly brain has gotten a second...
Socially meaningful sounds can change ear, improve hearing, study…
ATLANTA–Hearing socially meaningful sounds can change the ear and enable it to better detect those sounds, according to researchers at Georgia State University who studied...
Nature gem within the city: What grows in the biodiversity-rich Bukit Nanas Forest Reserve
Credit: Imin Kamin Established as early as 1900, Bukit Nanas Forest Reserve (BNFR) is the oldest of its kind in Malaysia, offering a biodiversity- rich...
Almonds may help boost cholesterol clean-up crew
Credit: Patrick Mansell Eating almonds on a regular basis may help boost levels of HDL cholesterol while simultaneously improving the way it removes cholesterol from...
UC Riverside molecular biochemist named to German National Academy of…
Credit: IIGB, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Katayoon Dehesh, the director of the Institute for Integrative Genome Biology (IIGB) and the Ernst and Helen Leibacher...
CAS scientists discover BCAS2 involved in alternative mRNA splicing in spermatogonia and…
Credit: LI Lei Alternative splicing significantly expands the form and function of the genome of organisms with limited gene number and is especially important for...
Sanford Burnham Prebys and Mayo Clinic collaborators awarded multi-year NIH grant
Credit: SBP Orlando, FL, Aug. 10, 2017 - A team of researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) at Lake Nona, Fla. and...
Study in early stage breast cancer shows that even small tumors can be aggressive
LUGANO-MADRID, Sept. 3, 2017 – Even small tumours can be aggressive, according to a study in patients with early stage breast cancer that will be...
St. Jude researchers reveal how 2 types of immune cells can arise from…
Credit: Katherine Verbist, Ph.D., St. Jude The fates of immune cells can be decided at the initial division of a cell. Researchers at St. Jude...
Eating habits affect skin’s protection against sun
Credit: Knight Cancer Institute DALLAS – Aug. 15, 2017 - Sunbathers may want to avoid midnight snacks before catching some rays. A study in mice...
Individuality drives collective behavior of schooling fish
Credit: Jolle W. Jolles New research sheds light on how “animal personalities” – inter-individual differences in animal behaviour – can drive the collective behaviour and...
