Neural 3-D compass discovered in mammalian brain
Pilots are trained to guard against vertigo: a sudden loss of the sense of vertical direction that renders them unable to tell "up" from "down"...
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Human eye can see ‘invisible’ infrared light
Any science textbook will tell you we can’t see infrared light. Like X-rays and radio waves, infrared light waves are outside the visual spectrum.But an...
Researchers develop clothes that can monitor and transmit biomedical info on wearers
Researchers at Université Laval's Faculty of Science and Engineering and Centre for Optics, Photonics and Lasers have developed smart textiles able to monitor and transmit...
Scientists detect brain network that gives humans superior reasoning skills
When it comes to getting out of a tricky situation, we humans have an evolutionary edge over other primates. Take, as a dramatic example, the...
BNA 2015 Festival of Neuroscience (12 -15 April 2015)
Festival of Neuroscience will highlight some of the best research into the brain and nervous system in a conference with speakers and delegates from the...
Meet the Two Scientists Who Implanted a False Memory Into a Mouse
Can we edit the content of our memories? It’s a sci-fi-tinged question that Steve Ramirez and Xu Liu are asking in their lab at MIT....
Computer model enables design of complex DNA shapes
Bioengineers have created a new computer model that allows them to design the most complex three-dimensional DNA shapes ever produced, including rings, bowls, and geometric...
Revolutionizing genome engineering
Genome engineering with the RNA-guided CRISPR-Cas9 system in animals and plants is changing biology. It is easier to use and more efficient than other genetic...
Researchers use 3-D printing to guide human face transplants
Researchers are using computed tomography (CT) and 3-D printing technology to recreate life-size models of patients' heads to assist in face transplantation surgery, according to...
HIV drug blocks bone metastases in prostate cancer
Although prostate cancer can be successfully treated in many men, when the disease metastasizes to the bone, it is eventually lethal. In a study published...
Duality in the human genome
Humans don’t like being alone, and their genes are no different. Together we are stronger, and the two versions of a gene – one from...
Spinal cord has successfully been grown in a lab
Researchers from the University of Dresden have used embryonic stem cells to grow an intact spinal cord in a petri dish, the team reported this...
‘Chatty’ Cells Help Build the Brain
Development of the cerebral cortex is influenced by genetic cues and communication between neurons and progenitors. Fluorescence microscopy image of a mouse cortex during brain...
Bioengineered Bacteria Ripen Fruit By Belching Ethylene
The ruby red rows of tomatoes at the local grocery store don’t come off the vine in such a pretty state. Food producers pick fruits...
A hybrid vehicle that delivers DNA
The new transport system for DNA vaccines could help treat HIV, malaria, HPV and other major illnesses University at Buffalo researchers, including Charles Jones, far...
