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For the First Time, Scientists Photograph Memories Being Formed
Scientists have achieved a new milestone in brain imaging: we have seen a memory in the process of being formed. Using brain cells from a lowly sea slug, which...
Melanopsin And Sleep Modulation: A Bright Future For Light Therapy?
Light strongly influences human physiology and notably sleep regulation. Scientists have just published a detailed study on the role of melanopsin, a molecule involved in mediating the effects of light...
Baboon Finding Could Shed Light on Human Evolution
The genetic basis of complex traits may show parallels across different primate species.
Stem cell surprise for tissue regeneration (w/ Podcast)
Scientists working at the Carnegie Institution's Department of Embryology, with colleagues, have overturned previous research that identified critical genes for making muscle stem cells. It turns out that the genes...
Imaging the hypnotised brain: Neural mechanisms of suggested paralysis
Although there is no doubt that hypnosis can impact the mind and behaviour, the underlying brain mechanisms are not well understood. Now, new research provides fascinating insight into the specific...
Proteins in gel
Several thousand test fields are tightly packed together on the tiny surface of a biochip. They permit the rapid analysis of substances, e.g. for diagnosing allergens in the blood. These...
Wildlife faces cancer threat
While cancer touches the lives of many humans, it is also a major threat to wild animal populations as well, according to a recent study by the Wildlife Conservation Society...
Disappearing dolphins clamour for attention at whale summit
Small whales are disappearing from the world's oceans and waterways as they fall victim to fishing gear, pollution, and habitat loss – compounded by a lack of conservation measures such...
Climbing the ladder to longevity: Critical enzyme pair identified
Experiment after experiment confirms that a diet on the brink of starvation expands lifespan in mice and many other species. But the molecular mechanism that links nutrition and survival is...
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Popular Sudoku Puzzle Inspires DNA-Sequencing Breakthrough
‘DNA Sudoku’, a new genetic sequencing technique inspired by the popular puzzle, could reduce both time and costs in DNA sequencing in the near future, ultimately contributing to the prevention...
Sand Falls Like Water
In high-speed video camera move alongside an accelerating, falling sand to track formation of grain clusters, similar to the formation of water droplets from a faucet.
'Cross' Breeding: What Makes An Angry Fly?
A suite of genes that affect aggression in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster has been identified. By investigating male flies from a large panel of lines which each carry a...
Ebola Infection Blocked In Cell-culture Experiments
Researchers have discovered two biochemical pathways that the Ebola virus relies on to infect cells. Using substances that block the activation of those pathways, they've prevented Ebola infection in cell...
Longer Life Linked To Specific Foods In Mediterranean Diet
Some food groups in the Mediterranean diet are more important than others in promoting health and longer life according to new research.
New mechanism for amyloid beta protein's toxic impact on the Alzheimer's brain
Scientists have uncovered a novel mechanism linking soluble amyloid -- protein with the synaptic injury and memory loss associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). The research, published by Cell Press in...
Magnetism tested as autism treatment
LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 24 (UPI) -- A neuroscientist says a project he is working on at the University of Louisville in Kentucky uses magnetism to treat individuals with...
Brain scans show how hypnosis can paralyze a limb
NEW YORK (AP) -- How can a hypnotist paralyze your hand just with words? By making a part of your brain butt in on the process...
Avoiding 'wheelies' slows animals
The acceleration of four-legged animals seems to be limited by their avoidance of raising their bodies and thus losing traction.
Miami divers capture hated lionfish
MIAMI, June 24 (UPI) -- Marine biologists in Florida say they have official confirmation the venomous lionfish has spread down the Atlantic Coast to Miami.
Mouse model provides clues to human language development
In the brains of the mice the researchers found alterations which may be closely linked to speech and language development. Their analyses comprise part of an international study led by...
Study finds plants can communicate
DAVIS, Calif., June 24 (UPI) -- U.S. and Japanese scientists have discovered plants can communicate danger to their "clones" or genetically identical cuttings planted nearby.
N.Y., Ore., Calif. log high toxin rates
WASHINGTON, June 24 (UPI) -- People living in New York, Oregon and California have the greatest risk of developing cancer from breathing toxic chemicals, an analysis indicates.
Evolution faster when it's warmer
The climate could have a direct effect on the speed of "molecular evolution" in mammals, according to a study.
Where giant plants dare to grow
The height to which plants grow follows a global pattern, new research reveals for the first time.
***Anti Aging ***
**AGING- At the time of Abraham it was recorded that humans lived for hundreds of years, there might be a possibility that a certain type of micro organism where introduced...
Neuroscience centre thinks big
Eilon Vaadia on the drive to make an Israeli institute one of the top places for brain research.
Wood storks reproducing well this year
MIAMI, June 23 (UPI) -- Observers in South Florida say 2009 has been a good year for the wood stork, with an estimated 3,500 young birds expected to...