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Scientists find mechanism that constructs key brain structure

Yale University researchers have found a molecular mechanism that allows the proper mixing of neurons during the formation of columns essential for the operation of the cerebral cortex, they report in the ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Discovered key gene for the formation of new neurons

Scientists discovered a gene - called AP2gamma - crucial for the neural development of the visual cortex, in a discovery that can have implications for the therapeutics of neural regeneration as well as provide new clues ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Ovastacin cuts off sperm binding

A study in The Journal of Cell Biology describes how a secreted enzyme helps egg cells avoid being fertilized by more than one sperm.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Flipping a light switch in the cell: Quantum dots used for targeted neural activation

By harnessing quantum dots—tiny light-emitting semiconductor particles a few billionths of a meter across—researchers at the University of Washington (UW) have developed a new and vastly more targeted ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Scientists model brain structure to help computers recognize objects

(PhysOrg.com) -- An essential question confronting neuroscientists and computer vision researchers alike is how objects can be identified by simply "looking" at an image. Introspectively, we know that the ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The future cometh: Science, technology and humanity at Singularity Summit 2011 (Part II)

(PhysOrg.com) -- In its essence, technology can be seen as our perpetually evolving attempt to extend our sensorimotor cortex into physical reality: From the earliest spears and boomerangs augmenting our arms, horses and ...

Technology / Other

created Dec 02, 2011 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (23) | comments 42 | with audio podcast feature

Autistic mice act a lot like human patients

UCLA scientists have created a mouse model for autism that opens a window into the biological mechanisms that underlie the disease and offers a promising way to test new treatment approaches.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Size matters: Length of songbirds' playlists linked to brain region proportions

Call a bird "birdbrained" and they may call "fowl." Cornell University researchers have proven that the capacity for learning in birds is not linked to overall brain size, but to the relative size and proportion of their ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Oocytes: Going with the flow

Most cells rely on structural tethers to position chromosomes in preparation for cell division. Not so oocytes. Instead, a powerful intracellular stream pushes chromosomes far-off the center in preparation ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Microscopes borrow tricks from astronomy to see deep into living tissues

Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, are developing new microscope technologies to enable biologists to see deep within living tissues and observe critical processes involved in basic biology ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Insights into the story of the eye

(PhysOrg.com) -- Although it is well established that embryonic stem cells (ESCs) have the capacity to develop into every adult cell type in the body, mysteries abound regarding the process by which the differentiation ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

New technique makes artificial bones more natural

A new technique for producing artificial bone implants has been developed by Korean researchers. By mimicking natural bone, it is hoped the implant material will better complement the natural regeneration ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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