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Plant hormone combats dehydration

by adam phillips | Apr 6, 2018 | Hot Off the Press

Scientists show that CLE25 is a plant hormone that travels from roots to leaves and helps close stomata in times of dehydration stress.

Heat shock system helps dried up bug come back to life

by jens wilkinson | Mar 9, 2018 | Hot Off the Press

An international collaboration has determined that cooption of the Heat Shock Factor (HSF) gene system is what allows larvae of the sleeping chironomid to be able to survive severe desiccation.

In living color: imaging the brain with synthetic bioluminescence

by amanda alvarez | Feb 23, 2018 | Hot Off the Press

A new way to image the brain from outside the head using bioluminescence.

Deep-brain exploration with nanomaterials

by amanda alvarez | Feb 9, 2018 | Hot Off the Press

A new way to optogenetically activate neurons deep in the brain using infrared light and upconversion nanoparticles. It’s non-invasive!

Running away from carbon dioxide: the terminal connection

by adam phillips | Feb 7, 2018 | Hot Off the Press

Even fish want to avoid carbon dioxide. Now we know that they can because of chemosensation and the Terminal Nerve.

Rainbow engineering to make the brain glow

by amanda alvarez | Jan 19, 2018 | Drop of science

Bar talk about tinkering with bioluminescent molecules from jellyfish, corals, and algae, figuring out how they work, and making them more useful for brain science.

Geostationary satellite enables better precipitation and flood predictions

by jens wilkinson | Jan 18, 2018 | Hot Off the Press

Data from the Himawari-8 geosynchronous satellite was used in weather simulations to improve forecasts of sudden precipitation and tropical storm development.