Classic video game system used to improve understanding of the brain

The complexity of neural networks makes them difficult to analyze, but humanmade computing systems should be…

New system for forming memories

Until now, the hippocampus was considered the most important brain region for forming and recalling memory,…

Improving longevity of functionally integrated stem cells in regenerative vision therapy

One of the challenges in developing stem cell therapies is ensuring that transplanted cells can survive…

New research holds promise for personalized lung cancer treatments

New research has uncovered distinct types of tumors within small cell lung cancer that look and…

Scientists tie the tightest knot ever achieved

Scientists have produced the most tightly knotted physical structure ever known -- a scientific achievement which…

Bacteria recruit other species with long-range electrical signals

The same biologists who recently found that bacteria resolve social conflicts within their communities and communicate…

Biologists discover how viruses hijack cell’s machinery

Biologists have documented for the first time how very large viruses reprogram the cellular machinery of…

Wearable biosensors can flag illness, Lyme disease, risk for diabetes; low airplane oxygen

Can your smart watch detect when you are becoming sick? A new study indicates that this…

Mapping movements of alien bird species

A global map of alien bird species has been produced for the first time by a…

Researchers create mosquito resistant to dengue virus

Researchers have genetically modified mosquitoes to resist infection from dengue virus, a virus that sickens an…