Arrays of metal electrodes are often used in medical procedures that require monitoring or delivering electrical impulses in the body, such as brain surgery and epilepsy mapping. However, the metal and plastic materials that ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 18, 2021
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Not all cancer cells within a tumor are created equal; nor do all immune cells (or all liver or brain cells) in your body have the same job. Much of their function depends on their location. Now, researchers at Gladstone ...
Biotechnology
Apr 22, 2021
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Swelling is one of the most dangerous and immediate consequences of a brain injury or stroke. Doctors have long known about the dangers of swelling, which has traditionally been blamed on ruptured blood vessels. New research ...
Soft Matter
Nov 24, 2020
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Many of the fundamental principles in biology and essentially all pathways regulating development were identified in so-called genetics screens. Originally pioneered in the fruit fly Drosophila and the nematode C. elegans, ...
Biotechnology
Oct 29, 2020
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Researchers at the Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a new technique that can determine the specific molecular form, location, and the amount of lipids in samples of rat brain ...
Analytical Chemistry
May 20, 2020
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Climate change could leave freshwater fish with bigger brains but a reduced ability to effectively explore their surroundings, scientists have found.
Evolution
May 18, 2020
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When there's a vexing problem to be solved, people sometimes offer metaphorical advice such as "stretching the mind" or engaging in "flexible" thinking, but in confronting a problem facing many biomedical research labs, a ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 18, 2020
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Like humans, cells can be easily influenced by peer pressure.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 18, 2020
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It looks like a piece of rock - black, shiny and unexceptional.
Archaeology
Jan 23, 2020
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An international team of researchers has found a clue to explain how a 2,600-year-old brain could have survived until modern times in a mud pit. In their paper published in Journal of the Royal Society Interface, the group ...
