Researchers discover new family of viruses

The redondoviruses, named for their circular DNA, inhabit the human respiratory tract and may be linked to disease. | Continue reading


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Personalized Cancer Vaccines in Clinical Trials

The field is young, but predicting antigens produced by patients’ malignant cells could yield successful treatments for individuals with a range of cancer types. | Continue reading


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Quantum Biology May Help Solve Some of Life’s Greatest Mysteries

From the remarkable speed of enzyme-catalyzed reactions to the workings of the human brain, numerous biological puzzles are now being explored for evidence of quantum effects. | Continue reading


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Scientists Create a Robotic Fish That Pumps Synthetic Blood and Swims on Its Own

Scientists create a soft-bodied robotic fish that pumps synthetic blood and swims on its own. | Continue reading


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Quantum Explanations for Biological Phenomena

Weird effects on the scale of subatomic particles may play roles in enzyme catalysis, photosynthesis, and avian magnetoreception. | Continue reading


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Bacteria Become Drug-Resistant While Exposed to Antibiotics

A membrane pump found in most bacteria helps E. coli acquire drug resistance from neighboring cells even while they're exposed to antibiotics, a new study shows. | Continue reading


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Building a Silicon Brain

Computer chips based on biological neurons may help simulate larger and more-complex brain models. | Continue reading


@the-scientist.com | 5 years ago

A New Role for Platelets: Boosting Neurogenesis After Exercise

A mouse study finds that when blood platelets are activated during exercise, they release factors that increase the number of newborn neurons in the hippocampus. | Continue reading


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Rocking Improves Sleep, Boosts Memory (In Adults)

Sleeping on a rhythmically swaying surface helps synchronize sleep oscillations in the human brain, a study finds. | Continue reading


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Max Planck Society Ends Elsevier Subscription (2018)

The move is a show of support for Project DEAL and the open-access movement. | Continue reading


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Springer Nature Blocks Access to Sensitive Articles Within China (2017)

The world’s largest publisher yields to censorship policies of the world’s largest country. | Continue reading


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Frogs Have a Bioelectric Mirror

Amputation of one limb triggers a rapid electric response that reflects the injury in the opposite one, researchers find. | Continue reading


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Top Retractions of 2018 – Naughty List

From a self-sampling scientist to the downfall of a leading stem cell scientist, here's our naughty list. | Continue reading


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Discovery stirs controversy and pushes feather origins back 80M years

A controversy over pterosaurs' plumage has taken off, with a new discovery pushing feather origins back 80 million years into the early Triassic. | Continue reading


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How Exercise Reprograms the Brain

As researchers unravel the molecular machinery that links exercise and cognition, working out is emerging as a promising neurotherapy. | Continue reading


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Study Fingers Bitcoin as Major Climate Change Culprit

Researchers predict that activity around the digital currency could single-handedly push warming above 2 °C within 30 years, but other experts say the conclusion is flawed. | Continue reading


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AI Object Recognition System Operates at Speed of Light

Researchers have created a 3D-printed artificial neural network that uses light photons to rapidly process information. | Continue reading


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Universities in Germany and Sweden Lose Access to Elsevier Journals

Consortia in both countries are pushing for open-access subscriptions with the publisher. | Continue reading


@the-scientist.com | 5 years ago

Tattoo Ink Nanoparticles Persist in Lymph Nodes

Analysis of the bodies of deceased individuals can’t determine what effect these tattoo remnants have on lymph function, but researchers suggest dirty needles aren’t the only risk of the age-old practice. | Continue reading


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Are the Brains of Transgender People Different from Those of Cisgender People?

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Bees understand Zero

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Decoding the Tripping Brain

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How Bacteria Eat Penicillin

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RNA Moves a Memory from One Snail to Another (research Paper Link in Comments)

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