Hot Off the Press Archives - Page 20 of 30

Apr 23

Opto-OISI: imaging connections in the living brain

by amanda alvarez | Apr 23, 2019 | Hot Off the Press

A new imaging technique called opto-OISI allows scientists to non-invasively visualize where specific neurons project in the living brain.

Apr 19

Flies smell through a gore-tex system

by masataka sasabe | Apr 19, 2019 | Hot Off the Press

The newly named gore-tex gene is responsible for the development of nanopores that allow chemicals in the air to be detected (in flies).

Apr 11

Protein pileup affects social behavior through altered brain signaling

by amanda alvarez | Apr 11, 2019 | Hot Off the Press

When a normal cellular cleanup process is disrupted, social behavior in mice is disrupted and they start behaving in ways that resemble human symptoms of autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia.

Mar 29

The joys of computational mass spectrometry

by adam phillips | Mar 29, 2019 | Hot Off the Press

Scientists have developed a new automated computational mass spectrometry system that can search an organism’s entire metabolome for as-yet-unknown metabolites (potential drugs).