Stabilized Supralinear Network – Software with Smarts
A computer-aided network shows how ion channels in the membrane of neurons are able to control such wide-ranging abilities as short-term memory and brain waves….
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Biologists Reveal How Marine Fish Won An Evolutionary Lottery
New Data on the Mechanism of Action of Plitidepsin in Tumor Cells
Biologists Discover Pathway That Protects Mitochondria
Scientists Link Dinosaur Expansion to the Carnian Pluvial Episode
Scientists Discover Gene Critical for a Healthy Brain
Scientists Identify Several Genes That Cause Abnormally Small Heads
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Researchers Regenerate Axons in Nerve Cells Severed by Spinal Cord Injury
Searching the entire genome, a Yale research team has identified a gene that when eliminated can spur regeneration of axons in nerve cells severed by…
Topical Antibiotic Triggers Resistance to Viral Infections
A Yale-led research team made a startling discovery while investigating the effect of bacteria on viral infections. When they applied a common topical antibiotic to…
Why Expressive Eyebrows Mattered in Human Evolution
New research from the University of York suggests that highly mobile eyebrows, which can be used to express a wide range of subtle emotions, may…
New Cell Dysfunction Discovery Sheds Light on HIV
A team of chemical and biomedical engineers from the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with researchers from…
Scientists Discover New Class of Antibiotics to Combat Drug Resistance
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago and Nosopharm, a biotechnology company based in Lyon, France, are part of an international team reporting on…
Whale Genome Reveals Extraordinary Evolutionary History
For the first time, scientists of the German Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center, Goethe University and the University of Lund in Sweden have deciphered…
New Harvard Exhibit Shows the Beauty of the Microscopic Universe Around Us
The expressions “Wash your hands” and “Home, sweet home” have more in common than you’d think. A whole universe more. The value of using soap…
Hot Springs Help Japan’s Snow Monkeys Cope With The Cold
Japanese macaques, also known as snow monkeys, have been enjoying regular baths in the hot spring at Jigokudani in Japan for decades – and have…
Four-Eyed Lizard Provides a New Wrinkle in Eyesight Evolution
Researchers have found an ancient monitor lizard with a fourth eye — a discovery that may signal a new wrinkle in the way eyesight evolved…