A sweet bacterium keeps track of time
Researchers are studying the Caulobacter crescentus bacterium because of its developmental process and cellular cycle, which serve as models for a number of pathogenic bacteria....
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Avoiding skin graft rejection: it’s possible!
A research team bringing together José Cohen and Philippe Grimbert (Inserm Unit 955/Université Paris Est Créteil and the Centre for Clinical Investigation – Biotherapies 504...
Reprogramming cells, long term
Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers, representing five Harvard departments and affiliated institutions as well as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), have demonstrated that...
Magic tricks created using artificial intelligence for the first time
Researchers working on artificial intelligence at Queen Mary have taught a computer to create magic tricks. The researchers from gave a computer program the outline...
Scientists uncover mechanism that controls the fitness of cells, impacting aging and disease
A novel looping mechanism that involves the end caps of DNA may help explain the aging of cells and how they initiate and transmit disease,...
Bacteria become “genomic tape recorders”
Engineers have transformed the genome of the bacterium E. coli into a long-term storage device for memory. They envision that this stable, erasable, and easy-to-retrieve...
Total recall: The science behind it
Is it possible to change the amount of information the brain can store? Maybe, according to a new international study led by the Research Institute...
Bio-Inspired Bleeding Control
Stanching the free flow of blood from an injury remains a holy grail of clinical medicine. Controlling blood flow is a primary concern and first...
Did men evolve navigation skills to find mates?
A University of Utah study of two African tribes found evidence that men evolved better navigation ability than women because men with better spatial skills...
Stock market models help NYU researchers predict animal behavior
In an unexpected mashup of financial and mechanical engineering, researchers have discovered that the same modeling used to forecast fluctuations in the stock market can...
Electronic ‘tongue’ to ensure food quality
An electronic "tongue" could one day sample food and drinks as a quality check before they hit store shelves. Or it could someday monitor water...
Understanding natural compounds
Medicine is drifting towards a major problem. An increasing number of bacteria is no longer sensitive to known antibiotics. Doctors urgently need to find new...
‘Electronic skin’ could improve early breast cancer detection
For detecting cancer, manual breast exams seem low-tech compared to other methods such as MRI. But scientists are now developing an "electronic skin" that "feels"...
Artificial retina could someday help restore vision
The loss of eyesight, often caused by retinal degeneration, is a life-altering health issue for many people, especially as they age. But a new development...
Behavioral changes seen after sleep learning
New Weizmann Institute research may bring the idea of sleep learning one step closer to reality. The research, which appeared today in The Journal of...
