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Study Helps Map Signaling System in Brain Linked to ASD
Researchers at Vanderbilt University have worked out part of the “wiring diagram” of a signaling system in the brain that has been linked to...
How the Brain Constructs the World
How are raw sensory signals transformed into a brain representation of the world that surrounds us?
The question was first posed over 100 years...
Scientists create functioning kidney tissue
Scientists have successfully produced human kidney tissue within a living organism which is able to produce urine, a first for medical science.
The study led...
Researchers discover how liver responds so quickly to food
Minutes after you eat a meal, as nutrients rush into your bloodstream, your body makes massive shifts in how it breaks down and stores...
Preventing fibrosis
Researchers at Cardiff University and the Wales Kidney Research Unit have discovered a potential new method for preventing the process that causes scar formation...
Researchers find that the brain can assign value to an object in less than...
Johns Hopkins neuroscientists have discovered how the brain can determine an object's value almost as soon as we see it.
The team found the brain...
Dark Web’s largest cybercrime group indicted after stealing $530M
Infraud organization is the largest group of cybercriminals on Dark Web – Their official motto is “In Fraud We Trust.”
After managing to steal over $530...
Russian Scientists Arrested for Using Nuclear Weapon Facility to Mine Bitcoins
Two days ago when infosec bods claimed to have uncovered what's believed to be the first case of a SCADA network (a water utility)...
Your gadget’s next power supply? Your body
Searching for a power outlet may soon become a thing of the past.
Instead, devices will receive electricity from a small metallic tab that, when...
Researchers report first lung stem cell transplantation clinical trial
A research team from Tongji University in China have made a breakthrough in human lung regeneration technology.
For the first time, researchers have regenerated patients'...
Special UV light safely kills airborne flu virus, finds study
Continuous low doses of far ultraviolet C (far-UVC) light can kill airborne flu viruses without harming human tissues, according to a new study at...
Direct link between glands and implanting embryos critical to pregnancy
Researchers used 3D imaging with molecular testing to uncover new insight into the earliest stages of mammalian pregnancy—offering clues to unsolved questions in pregnancy.
Investigators...
Compounds isolated from rattlesnake venom show activity against hepatitis C virus
A group of Brazilian scientists has achieved promising results using isolated compounds from the venom of the South American rattlesnake to combat hepatitis C.
The...
New 4-D goggles allow wearers to be touched by approaching objects
A team of researchers at UC San Diego and San Diego State University has developed a pair of "4-D goggles" that allows wearers to...
Autism, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder share molecular traits
Most medical disorders have well-defined physical characteristics seen in tissues, organs and bodily fluids.
Psychiatric disorders, in contrast, are not defined by such pathology, but...
