Researchers observe the moment when a mind is changed
Researchers studying how the brain makes decisions have, for the first time, recorded the moment-by-moment fluctuations in brain signals that occur when a monkey making...
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Breast cancer vaccines may work better with silicon microparticles
The effectiveness of cancer vaccines could be dramatically boosted by first loading the cancer antigens into silicon microparticles, report scientists from Houston Methodist and two...
Artificial muscles created from gold-plated onion cells
Just one well-placed slice into a particularly pungent onion can send even the most seasoned chef running for a box of tissues. Now, this humble...
How noise changes the way the brain gets information
Cells that relay information from the ear to the brain can change in significant ways in response to the noise level in the environment.That's one...
Researchers uses cellular bubbles to deliver Parkinson’s meds directly to brain
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have used exosomes -- tiny bubbles of protein and fat produced naturally by cells --...
Proteomics identifies DNA repair toolbox
During each cell division, more than 3.3 billion base pairs of genomic DNA have to be duplicated and segregated accurately to daughter cells. But what...
Researchers create lens to turn smartphone into microscope
Researchers at the University of Houston have created an optical lens that can be placed on an inexpensive smartphone to magnify images by a magnitude...
Revolutionary method of making RNAs
A biochemist from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is a co-author on a paper in Nature that describes a new,...
Discovered the sixth DNA base?
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the main component of our genetic material. It is formed by combining four parts: A, C, G and T (adenine, cytosine,...
Study shows where damaged DNA goes for repair
A Tufts University study sheds new light on the process by which DNA repair occurs within the cell. In research published in the May 15...
How to reset a diseased cell
Researchers demonstrate the ability to tune medically relevant cell behaviors by manipulating a key hub in cell communication networks. The manipulation of this communication node,...
DNA repair map of the entire human genome
When the common chemotherapy drugs cisplatin or oxaliplatin hit cancer cells, they damage DNA so that the cells can't replicate. But the cells have ways...
Viruses: You’ve heard the bad — here’s the good
"The word, virus, connotes morbidity and mortality, but that bad reputation is not universally deserved," said Marilyn Roossinck, PhD, Professor of Plant Pathology and Environmental...
Scientists discover key driver of human aging
A study tying the aging process to the deterioration of tightly packaged bundles of cellular DNA could lead to methods of preventing and treating age-related...
Using nature to grow batteries
Inspired by an abalone shell, Angela Belcher programs viruses to make elegant nanoscale structures that humans can use. Selecting for high-performing genes through directed evolution,...
