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Eating a high fat diet without getting obese?
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Gray matter volume links symptoms in autism
New mechanism allows lower energy requirement for OLED displays
CAPON links Alzheimer’s plaques to neurodegeneration
AdR blockers protect the brain from stroke damage
Trigger region found for epileptic absence seizures
Opto-OISI: imaging connections in the living brain
Flies smell through a gore-tex system
Protein pileup affects social behavior through altered brain signaling
The joys of computational mass spectrometry
Pulses of light can enhance superconductivity
Scientists create new type of self-healing material
Brain clock ticks differently in autism
Supermassive black holes still dark and mysterious
Evolution of the inner ear: insights from jawless fish
Tumor detection during breast cancer surgery
Smarter AI: machine learning without negative data
Nerdnite recap: When the brainbow met the boson
Mutations, CRISPR, and spinocerebellar ataxia
Gene regulator that allows plant rehydration after drought
Researchers create a functional salivary gland organoid ?
Getting a grip on slow but unique shark evolution
Ig Nobel awards: Silly experiments that strike gold
A self-powered heart monitor taped to the skin
Protostars that exhibit large diversity in organic compounds
Scientists solve epigenetic barriers to cloning
Transgenic plants 🌱🌿on acid survive without water
Two genes that regulate how much we dream
Flies use fecal deposits as pheromones
Hippocampal memory isn’t all about place cells
Summer fun: how plants beat the heat
Freedom from fear ?♀️
Blue gene regulation helps plants respond properly to light
Out on a limb: the many ‘brains’ of the octopus
Mutation links bipolar disorder to mitochondrial disease
My science communication journey in Tokyo
Gene linked to intellectual ability affects memory replay in mice
Nanocarrier spray: better crops without genetic modification
Introducing Nikola, the emotional android boy
Green hydrogen production for fuel cells and fertilizers
Social contact-seeking behavior and loneliness in the brain
New treatment assembles cancer drug inside the body
New lab-grown retinal sheets almost ready for clinical trials
The free-energy principle explains neural network behavior
How does gravity affect antimatter?
Super-thin wearable electronics just got more flexible
May
26

Palaeospondylus: mystery of vertebrate evolution solved
Micro-CT scans using synchrotron radiation X-rays reveal Palaeospondylus morphology, finally allowing its placement on the evolutionary tree. Continue!
Apr
28

Xist knockout rescues miscarriages in mice
Xist knockout rescues miscarriages in mice whose egg cells lack H3K27me3 epigenetic instructions. Continue!
Apr
27

A new type of cell death discovered in fly guts
A completely unknown type of cell death called “erebosis” has been discovered in the guts of the common fruit fly. Continue!
Apr
6

Diagnosing fetal heart disease benefits from explanatory AI
Diagnosis accuracy improved when doctors used explanatory AI to help diagnose congenital heart disease from fetal ultrasound videos. Continue!
Apr
5

Chaos theory provides hints for controlling the weather
Computer simulations were used to show that small adjustments to certain variables in the weather system could modify weather phenomena such as sudden downpours. Continue!
Mar
29

Robotic exoskeleton learns to help people stand up
This new robotic exoskeleton uses machine learning to know when users want help standing up. Continue!