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British and Chinese researchers identify origins of alcoholism

The physical origin of alcohol addiction has been located in a network of the human brain that regulates our response to danger, according to a team of British and Chinese researchers, co-led by the University of Warwick, the University of Cambridge, and Fudan University in Shanghai.

4 Feb 2021

Early life language exposure shapes infant brain function and development

The type and quantity of an infant’s language exposure relates to their brain function, according to new research published in JNeurosci.

27 Nov 2020

Researchers identify key source of signals encoding past experiences in the brain

Researchers identify a region of the brain as a key source of signals encoding past experiences in the neocortex.

16 Nov 2020

Minuscule tracking devices show how living cells change with time

For the first time, scientists have introduced minuscule tracking devices directly into the interior of mammalian cells, giving an unprecedented peek into the processes that govern the beginning of development.

20 Oct 2020

ACS quality program demonstrates the importance of overall hospital culture of quality and safety

Hospital resources and infrastructure dedicated to improving quality and safety are essential for achieving safe and high-quality surgical outcomes.

29 Sep 2020

Study reveals how brain waves may control flow of information throughout the cortex

To produce your thoughts and actions, your brain processes information in a hierarchy of regions along its surface, or cortex, ranging from "lower" areas that do basic parsing of incoming sensations to "higher" executive regions that formulate your plans for employing that newfound knowledge

8 Sep 2020

Biomedical engineers create artificial organelles to control biological function in cells

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a method for controlling the phase separation of an emerging class of proteins to create artificial membrane-less organelles within human cells.

4 Aug 2020

Researchers use advanced metrics to describe the behavior of ayu fish

Researchers at the University of Tsukuba used advanced metrics from information theory to describe the collective behavior of small schools of ayu fish.

10 Jul 2020

Study explores the impact of fishing pressure on ocean ecosystems

In a study published recently in Ecology and Evolution, an international team of researchers focused on what can happen to ocean ecosystems when fishing pressure increases or decreases, and how this differs between tropical to temperate marine ecosystems.

1 Jul 2020

Thermo Fisher Scientific acknowledges the winners of 2020 TMT Research Grant Award

Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, recognizes the winners of the 2020 Thermo Scientific Tandem Mass Tag Research Award.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 28 May 2020

Minuscule tracking devices give unprecedented peek into how cells change with time

26 May 2020

Recommendations for reducing impact of COVID-19 on people living in urban slums

Government-enforced social isolation may help relatively affluent populations limit the spread of COVID-19, but these measures can be devasting for the nearly 1 billion people around the globe currently dwelling in urban slums, where physical space is scarce, and many rely on daily wage labor for survival.

27 Apr 2020

Biomaterials could soon create tissue like blood vessel structures

A group of researchers led by Professor Alvaro Mata from the University of Nottingham, along with others from Queen Mary University London, has successfully created a biomaterial that could be used for the creation of tissues that could form blood vessels. The study titled, “Disordered protein-graphene oxide co-assembly and supramolecular biofabrication of functional fluidic devices,” was published in the latest issue of the journal Nature Communications.

4 Mar 2020

New discovery can allow scientists to tell old and new memories apart

Researchers have discovered signatures in brain activity that allow them to tell old and new memories apart. A team at Japan's RIKEN Center for Brain Science analyzed recordings from mouse brains using a machine-leaning algorithm, which was able to accurately classify memories as recent or remote. They also found robust communication between a frontal brain region and the hippocampus, an area strongly involved in memory formation.

17 Dec 2019

Small, thin metal mesh loaded with T cells shrinks tumors in ovarian cancer models

New findings published Dec. 9 in Nature Biomedical Engineering from scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center show for the first time that a piece of small, thin metal mesh loaded with cancer-fighting immune cells shrinks tumors in preclinical models of ovarian cancer.

9 Dec 2019

MIT neuroscientists find a way to reverse noise hypersensitivity in mice

People with autism often experience hypersensitivity to noise and other sensory input. MIT neuroscientists have now identified two brain circuits that help tune out distracting sensory information, and they have found a way to reverse noise hypersensitivity in mice by boosting the activity of those circuits.

23 Oct 2019

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British and Chinese researchers identify origins of alcoholism

Early life language exposure shapes infant brain function and development

Researchers identify key source of signals encoding past experiences in the brain

Minuscule tracking devices show how living cells change with time

ACS quality program demonstrates the importance of overall hospital culture of quality and safety

Study reveals how brain waves may control flow of information throughout the cortex

Biomedical engineers create artificial organelles to control biological function in cells

Researchers use advanced metrics to describe the behavior of ayu fish

Study explores the impact of fishing pressure on ocean ecosystems

Thermo Fisher Scientific acknowledges the winners of 2020 TMT Research Grant Award

Minuscule tracking devices give unprecedented peek into how cells change with time

Recommendations for reducing impact of COVID-19 on people living in urban slums

Biomaterials could soon create tissue like blood vessel structures

New discovery can allow scientists to tell old and new memories apart

Small, thin metal mesh loaded with T cells shrinks tumors in ovarian cancer models

MIT neuroscientists find a way to reverse noise hypersensitivity in mice

'Michigan Promise' aims to bring diversity to the surgical field

Brain circuit regulates individual responses to temptation cues, rat study finds

New lithography method for producing complex tissues and organs

Three studies show how tumors hijack the immune system to develop radiotherapy resistance

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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