Scientists discover treatment breakthrough for advanced bladder cancer
Scientists from Queen Mary University of London have made a breakthrough in developing a new therapy for advanced bladder cancer - for which there have...
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Copper on the Brain at Rest
In recent years it has been established that copper plays an essential role in the health of the human brain. Improper copper oxidation has been...
The future of fake meat
Alastair Gee: "In the future, how will we define meat?" Featured illustration by Emily Pidgeon/TED. At home one night earlier this month, I prepared a...
Two-Cell Mouse Embryos Talk About Their Future
Bioengineers at the University of California, San Diego have discovered that mouse embryos are contemplating their cellular fates in the earliest stages after fertilization when...
Large biological circuits
Researchers have made great progress in recent years in the design and creation of biological circuits — systems that, like electronic circuits, can take a...
‘Huge breakthrough’ in understanding how the immune system recognises cancer
US researchers have revealed the identity of molecules on the surface of cancer cells which allow the body's immune system to identify and destroy them....
Imagination, reality flow in opposite directions in the brain
As real as that daydream may seem, its path through your brain runs opposite reality. Aiming to discern discrete neural circuits, researchers at the University...
A lab the size of a postage stamp
Traditional lab tests for disease diagnosis can be too expensive and cumbersome for the regions most in need. George Whitesides' ingenious answer is a foolproof...
Nail stem cells prove more versatile than press ons
There are plenty of body parts that don’t grow back when you lose them. Nails are an exception, and a new study published in The...
Scientists prevent memory problems caused by sleep deprivation
Sleep is a critical period for memory consolidation, and most people don’t get enough. Research has shown that even brief periods of sleep deprivation can...
Training can lead to synaesthetic experiences
A new study has shown for the first time that people can be trained to “see” letters of the alphabet as colours in a way...
Hacking health care
PhD student Andrea Ippolito improves health care through engineering, entrepreneurship, and systems design.For as long as she can remember, Andrea Ippolito has known that she...
Two sensors in one
MIT chemists have developed new nanoparticles that can simultaneously perform magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and fluorescent imaging in living animals. Such particles could help scientists...
The role DNA methylation plays in aging cells
Although every person's DNA remains the same throughout their lives, scientists know that it functions differently at different ages. As people age, drastic changes occur...
Fruit flies learn from others
Researchers study how group interaction influences where female fruit flies lay their eggs Fruit flies do not always conform to the norm. When female fruit...
