Although it is quite common for a brief, unique experience to become part of our…
Month: March 2011
In adolescence, the power to resist blooms in the brain
Just when children are faced with intensifying peer pressure to misbehave, regions of the brain…
‘GPS system’ for protein synthesis in nerve cells gives clues for understanding brain disorders
Scientists can now explain how a class of RNA molecules is able to target the…
Cerebral spinal fluid guides stem cell development in the brain
New studies show that cerebral spinal fluid contains a potent mix of substances that nourishes…
How plants sort and eliminate genes over millennia
Hybrid plants with multiple genome copies show evidence of preferential treatment of the genes from…
Model organisms? Broadening the biological lexicon to bolster translational research
So-called model organisms have long been at the core of biomedical research, allowing scientists to…
Novel method could improve the performance of proteins used therapeutically
Scientists have created a method that site-specifically modifies proteins to exert control over their properties…
‘Love song’ of the fly shows how nervous system initiates, controls and utilized behavior
Neurobiologists used the mating ritual of the fruit fly to study how the nervous system…
Learning to see consciously: Scientists show how flexibly the brain processes images
Our brains process many more stimuli than we become aware of. Often images enter our…
Is a criminal using your Wi-Fi?
An innocent Florida man found the FBI knocking at his door after his Wi-Fi signal…