Explaining the Most Baffling Quirk of COVID: Common Gene Variant Linked to Mortality
It may be the most baffling quirk of COVID: While some infected individuals only have minor, flu-like symptoms, in others COVID-19 can spiral into severe…
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Broad Implications: New Study Reveals Where Memory Fragments Are Stored
Recalling memories requires the cooperation of several brain regions. When you have a memorable evening at a restaurant, more than just the food stays in…
A New Antibiotic Can Kill Even Drug-Resistant Bacteria
Antibiotic-resistant pathogens could be defeated with the assistance of a synthetic antibiotic A brand-new antibiotic that was developed at The Rockefeller University using computational models…
Cancer Cells’ Iron Addiction May Be an Achilles Heel
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), have discovered that cells carrying the most common mutation found in human cancer accumulate large amounts…
Yale Researchers Develop RNA-Based Therapy That Can Protect From Range of COVID-19 Variants
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have discovered that an RNA molecule that stimulates the body’s early antiviral defense system can protect mice from a…
Navigation Neuroscience: How a Fly’s Brain Calculates Its Position in Space
Navigation doesn’t always go as planned—a lesson that flies learn the hard way, when a strong headwind shunts them backward in defiance of their forward-beating…
Powerful COVID-19 Research Tool: Scientists Create Noninfectious Versions of SARS-CoV-2
To study a virus as infectious as SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, researchers need to follow laborious protocols and have access to high-biosafety laboratories….
New Vaccination Strategy Developed That Could Prevent Future Coronavirus Outbreaks
Researchers in Japan have developed a vaccination strategy in mice that promotes the production of antibodies that can neutralize not only SARS-CoV-2 but a broad…
Capturing the Intricacies of the Brain’s Activity at Unprecedented Resolution
The neuroactivity of one million neurons in the mouse brain, at unprecedented resolution. Credit: Alipasha Vaziri New microscopy technique reveals activity of one million neurons…
Could Future COVID Variants Fully Dodge Our Immune System?
With every new variant of SARS-CoV-2 that emerges to cause a surge in cases, a worrisome question also arises: Could the virus eventually arrive at…
Surprising Physics Behind a Water Bear’s Lumbering Gait
Plump and ponderous, tardigrades earned the nickname “water bears” when scientists first observed the 0.02-inch-long animals’ distinctive lumbering gaits in the 18th century. Their dumpy…
Twilight for Silicon? End of “Moore’s Law” in View As Silicon Chip Density Nears Physical Limit
Fueled faster, better computing for decades, ever-increasing silicon chip density nears physical limit. Researchers at The Rockefeller University have shed new light on “Moore’s Law”…
New Research Reveals How Smell Receptors Work – Answers Decades-Old Question of Odor Recognition
All senses must reckon with the richness of the world, but nothing matches the challenge faced by the olfactory system that underlies our sense of…
How Cells Use Memories of Past Inflammation To Respond to New Threats
When a tissue experiences inflammation, its cells remember. Pinning proteins to its genetic material at the height of inflammation, the cells bookmark where they left…
Scientists Discover a New Class of Memory Cells in the Brain – The Closest Thing to a “Grandmother Neuron”
Scientists have long searched in vain for a class of brain cells that could explain the visceral flash of recognition that we feel when we…
Inside the Crucial Protein Channel That Keeps Bacteria Alive
Almost all bacteria rely on the same emergency valves—protein channels that pop open under pressure, releasing a deluge of cell contents. It is a last-ditch…
Sticky Webs of DNA Released From Immune Cells May Drive Lung Pathology in Severe COVID-19
Sticky webs of DNA released from immune cells known as neutrophils may cause much of the tissue damage associated with severe COVID-19 infections, according to…
Complex Puzzle Revealed: Never-Before-Seen Image of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Copy Machine
Exactly how viruses replicate is a complex puzzle with many missing pieces. And in the age of the pandemic, solving it has become a matter…