A powerful new technique combines expansion microscopy with lattice light-sheet microscopy for nanoscale imaging of fly and mouse neuronal circuits…
Scientists learn how common virus reactivates after transplantation
A new study challenges long-held theories of why a common virus — cytomegalovirus, or CMV — can reactivate and become…
Brain cells that make pain unpleasant
If you step on a tack, neurons in your brain will register two things: that there’s a piercing physical sensation…
Stress fracture? Your foot hitting pavement wasn’t the main problem
It starts as a persistent and irritating pain in the foot or lower leg, then it gets more intense, maybe…
New hope for stem cell approach to treating diabetes
Researchers have tweaked the recipe for coaxing human stem cells into insulin-secreting beta cells and shown that the resulting cells…
Reinforcement learning expedites ‘tuning’ of robotic prosthetics
Researchers have developed an intelligent system for ‘tuning’ powered prosthetic knees, allowing patients to walk comfortably with the prosthetic device…
Body-painting protects against bloodsucking insects
A study by researchers from Sweden and Hungary shows that white, painted stripes on the body protect skin from insect…
Researchers race against extinction to uncover tree’s cancer-fighting properties
As the population of a fir tree in China dwindles, researchers are racing to replicate its cancer-fighting molecules.
A new way to transfer energy between cells
Researchers have described a new method for the transmission of electrons between proteins that refutes the evidence from experiments until…
Scientists search for new methods to cure neurodegenerative diseases
Most neurons in the human brain are generated from neural stem cells during embryonic development. After birth, a small reservoir…