People left blind by retinal degeneration have one option: electronic eye implants. Neuroscientists have now developed…
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Uncovering uncultivated microbes in the human gut
A human's health is shaped both by environmental factors and the body's interactions with the microbiome,…
Sea quark surprise reveals deeper complexity in proton spin puzzle
New data from the STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) add detail --…
Using Thoreau, scientists measure the impact of climate change on wildflowers
A new study is using observations made by Henry David Thoreau -- 19th-century American naturalist, social…
Sources and Sinks: What drives long-term climatic trends?
For the entire history of our species, humans have lived on a planet capped by a…
In this nematode species males are needed for reproduction but not their genes
In the Mesorhabditis belari roundworm, the sole purpose of males is to help females produce clones…
From mirror-image biology to enhanced therapeutic proteins
Scientists have succeeded in reconstructing biomolecules in their mirror-image form. The researchers' goal is to create…
Guardians of the synapse: Scientists identify a new role for nerve-supporting cells
Researchers have found, for the first time, that a blood-clotting protein can, unexpectedly, degrade nerves--and how…
Thanking and apologizing: Talk that isn’t cheap
Researchers have introduced a framework, 'Responsibility Exchange Theory,' for understanding why thanking and apologizing, as well…
The sweet spot: Scientists discover taste center of human brain
Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and a new method of statistical analysis, researchers have discovered…