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New mechanism allows lower energy requirement for OLED displays

by jens wilkinson | Jun 6, 2019 | Hot Off the Press

Scientists have found a way to significantly reduce the amount of energy required by organic light emitting diodes (OLED) displays.

CAPON links Alzheimer’s plaques to neurodegeneration

by adam phillips | Jun 6, 2019 | Hot Off the Press

CAPON was found to link Aβ plaques and hippocampal neurodegeneration in mice, explaining how these two hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease are related.

AdR blockers protect the brain from stroke damage

by amanda alvarez | May 20, 2019 | Hot Off the Press

Treatment with adrenergic receptor antagonists (AdR blockers) was able to reduce stroke-related brain damage in mice and improve motor recovery.

Trigger region found for epileptic absence seizures

by adam phillips | Apr 25, 2019 | Hot Off the Press

A mouse model shows that absence seizures are triggered by faulty connections between the cortex and fast-spiking neurons in the striatum.

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.

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).

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.

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).