Uncovering the Secrets of Skeleton Motion
A new technique has been developed to track and measure the movement of skeletons in freely moving rodents. How can researchers accurately and precisely measure…
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Complicating the Opioid Epidemic: Scientists Estimate Fentanyl Has Hundreds of Millions of Chemical Variants
Expanded library of known variants, new research efforts aid the fight against fentanyl. While COVID-19 has dominated the news for the last two years, a…
Innovative Experimental Study Provides New Insights Into the Genetics of Heritable Traits
An analysis of 240,000 yeast strains reveals the complex interplay between large-impact genetic markers and genetic background. Enormous dataset presents unprecedented detail of genotype-to-phenotype map…
Nature-Inspired CRISPR Enzyme Discoveries Vastly Expand Genome Editing
Applied computational biology discoveries vastly expand the range of CRISPR’s access to DNA sequences. In nature, bacteria use CRISPR as an adaptive immune system to…
The Space-Time Fabric of Brain Networks – Neuroscientists Decode Neuronal Activity
Researchers have discovered how neuronal networks are able to generate activity sequences for meaningful behavior. Neuroscientists at the Bernstein Center Freiburg (BCF) of the University…
New Computer Neural Networks Identify As Well As The Primate Brain
A new study from MIT neuroscientists shows that the newest computer neural networks can identify visual objects as well as the primate brain. For decades,…
