Local epileptic seizure shows long distance interaction

An epileptic seizure may be highly local, but it also influences brain activity at a distance…

New treatment for osteoporosis provides better protection against fractures

A new treatment for osteoporosis provides major improvements in bone density and more effective protection against…

Nanocapsules enable cell-inspired metabolic reactions

Researchers have succeeded in developing capsules capable of producing the bio-molecule glucose-6-phosphate that plays an important…

Ricin only lethal in combination with sugar

Researchers have discovered a means of immunizing cells against the biological weapon ricin, which, they report,…

‘Language of stem cells’ discovered

Stem cells control the cells around them, inducing them to perform specific functions. This phenomenon of…

How eyes get clogged in glaucoma and how to free them

Biologists have found an explanation for the increase in intraocular pressure in glaucoma and a promising…

Supercontinuum lasers can lead to better bread and beer

Researchers have analyzed whole grains with long near-infrared wavelengths using a new type of light source,…

Graphene and other carbon nanomaterials can replace scarce metals

Scarce metals are found in a wide range of everyday objects around us. They are complicated…

Overcoming the brain’s fortress-like barrier

Scientists have helped provide a way to better understand how to enable drugs to enter the…

Solar wind impacts on giant ‘space hurricanes’ may affect satellite safety

Could the flapping of a butterfly's wings in Costa Rica set off a hurricane in California?…