Researchers have captured days-long time-lapse videos of young neural cells moving and growing within a novel 3D synthetic biocompatible structure. | Continue reading
A new study has revealed how removing a common air pollutant could lead to significant gains in crop yields. | Continue reading
A study concludes that the heartbeat can be used as a biometric tool to identify people. | Continue reading
A group of high school students report a solution to the problem of lead contamination in drinking water — an inexpensive faucet attachment that removes this toxic metal. | Continue reading
Results from a large cohort study of >100,000 French adults suggest that some artificial sweeteners found in foods and beverages are associated with an increased risk of cancer. The findings were published in PLOS Medicine. | Continue reading
A man left in a completely locked-in state by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has been able to communicate with his family and carers thanks to an implant. The device helped the patient, who was unable to move any muscles or even open his eyes, contact the outside world using … | Continue reading
A new study has found that cells carrying oncogenic KRAS mutations harbor elevated levels of a specific kind of iron. This iron could be used to activate drugs that target cancer cells, avoiding harm to normal, healthy cells. | Continue reading
An inhaled vaccine for SARS-CoV-2 has been shown to provide broad immunity against the virus and is currently in a phase one clinical trial. | Continue reading
The demyelinating neurodegenerative disease multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complication of infection by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), suggests a new study published in Science by researchers at Harvard Medical School. | Continue reading
Researchers have shown how even anonymised datasets can be traced back to individuals using machine learning. The researchers say their paper demonstrates that allowing data to be used - to train AI algorithms, for example - while preserving people's privacy, requires much more t … | Continue reading
A retrospective study has explored the instance, co-occurrence and evolution of long-COVID symptoms in a cohort of 270,000 people diagnosed with COVID-19. The study findings are published in PLoS Medicine. | Continue reading
Dr Jan Dolzer, a scientist-turned-engineer that has spent his career at the leading edge of amplifier development, describes the capability of Sutter's all new digital patch clamp system | Continue reading
Scientists have divided all cancers into two groups, based on the presence or absence of a specific protein known as the Yes-associated protein, or | Continue reading
A new study suggests that the popular dietary technique intermittent fasting (IF) is less effective that traditional daily dieting at reducing body fat. | Continue reading
A new study by researchers in Japan has examined the brain activity of thirty programmers of diverse levels of expertise, finding that seven regions of the frontal, parietal and temporal cortices in expert programmer's brain are fine-tuned for programming. | Continue reading
Imagine you gave the exact same art pieces to two different groups of people and asked them to curate an art show. Later, imagine your surprise when the two art shows are nearly identical. How did these groups organize in the same way without communication? The dominant hypothesi … | Continue reading
New research shows that the smell of a cooperating individual rat is enough to trigger an altruistic and helpful response in another. | Continue reading
Zoologists have studied the nervous systems of insects to investigate the principles of biological brain computation and possible implications for machine learning and artificial intelligence. | Continue reading
Frozen methane deposits in the Arctic Ocean, a key carbon store, risk release into the atmosphere as permafrost thaws in our warming climate. This could contribute to ongoing greenhouse gas problems. | Continue reading
A fungus growing near the Chernobyl site was thriving on nuclear radiation thanks to radiosynthesis, using melanin to convert gamma radiation into chemical energy. Scientists are exploring whether its radiation-absorbing properties could be used to protect astronauts in space. | Continue reading
Researchers have been able to alter creatures’ lifespans by altering the activity of proteins found in roundworm cells that tell them to convert sugar into energy when their cellular energy is running low. Humans also have these proteins, offering up intriguing possibilities for … | Continue reading
Gut bacteria play a direct role in neuronal communications between the gut and the brain, according to new research. | Continue reading
The COVID-19 outbreak caused by the spread of the virus SARS-CoV-2 is a product of natural evolution, scientists conclude in a correspondence piece published in Nature Medicine . | Continue reading
An international team led by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania has published research identifying two distinct subtypes of the complex neurological disorder schizophrenia. The authors say that their findings could lead to more personalized treatment of the condition … | Continue reading
Scientists have developed a new strategy to protect honeybees from a deadly trend known as colony collapse – genetically engineered strains of bacteria. | Continue reading
Researchers are investigating the impact of deep-brain stimulation, via an implanted electrode, on treatment-resistant depression. | Continue reading
For the first time scientists have released a genetically engineered, self-limiting agricultural pest into an open field. They have evaluated its potential for future crop protection, with promising results. | Continue reading
The rat could see, hear, smell, and feel just like its peers, even though it was walking around with basically no brain. | Continue reading
A study that imaged the brain of minipigs before and after consuming sugar water has drawn comparisons between sugar's effect on the brain and that of addictive drugs. The research, from Aarhus University, was published in Scientific Reports.
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A new study shows that brief daily mindfulness training delivered through the HEADSPACE mindfulness app makes it easier to achieve lasting extinction of fear reactions.
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Hyperfine Research Inc. has joined with Penn Medicine in a clinical research study of the world’s first portable, low-cost magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. | Continue reading
The inimitable Richard Feynman answers question on the future of AI in 1985 that seem just as relevant today in this video. | Continue reading
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In a new study, researchers have tested the binding specificity of commercial antibodies to the C9ORF72 protein, and explored a novel validation approach. | Continue reading
A new study, published in Psychiatry Research, has concluded that psychiatric diagnoses are scientifically worthless as tools to identify discrete mental health disorders.
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Contrary to the long-held view that semen can only act as a way to transmit HIV-1 from men to women, scientists found that frequent and sustained semen exposure can change the characteristics of the circulating and vaginal tissue immune cells that are targets for infection, reduc … | Continue reading
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In a new study looking at more than 422,500 school-age children from across Scotland, researchers found that low UVB exposure during pregnancy was associated with risk of learning disabilities. | Continue reading
Close analysis of EEG data reveals that nearly 1 in 7 brain-injured ICU patients shows evidence of hidden consciousness just days after injury. Patients with such signs are more likely to recover, neurologists at Columbia University and NewYork-Presbyterian have found.
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Memories are stronger when the original experiences are accompanied by unpleasant odors, a team of researchers has found. The study broadens our understanding of what can drive Pavlovian responses and points to how negative experiences influence our ability to recall past events.
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Efforts to curtail the flow of cocaine into the United States from South America have made drug trafficking operations more widespread and harder to eradicate, according to new research published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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In a study of epilepsy patients, researchers at the National Institutes of Health found that split seconds before we recall events tiny electrical waves, called ripples, may flow through key parts of our brains that help store our memories, setting the stage for successful retrie … | Continue reading
Getting enough of the omega 3 fatty acids DHA and EPA into the brain to study their effects on conditions such as Alzheimer’s and depression is no easy task. While supplements containing these fatty acids exist, there is scant evidence showing that these supplements actually inc … | Continue reading
If a mother eats a high-fat diet, this can have a negative effect on the health of her offspring - right down to her great-grandchildren. | Continue reading
Scientists removed an area of the somatosensory cortex in mice and found the animals could recover their behavioral deficit within two days. | Continue reading
Ageing in worms mainly results from the direct action of genes and not from random wear and tear or loss of function, and the same is likely to be true in humans, according to research by UCL, Lancaster University and Queen Mary University of London scientists.
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A hypothetical model to understand how “touch” is represented in the brain. | Continue reading