Alexei Leonov, first human to walk in space, dies at 85

Alexei Leonov, who became the first human to walk in space in 1965, died on Friday…

Overcoming the blood-brain-barrier: Delivering therapeutics to the brain

For the first time, scientists have identified a simple way that can effectively transport medication into…

Physics: DNA-PAINT super-resolution microscopy at speed

Recent advances in fluorescence microscopy allow researchers to study biological processes below the classical diffraction limit…

Illumination of abnormal neuronal activities caused by myelin impairment

The neural circuit basis for motor learning tasks when myelination is impaired has been illuminated for…

Liquid metals the secret ingredients to clean up environment

Liquid metal catalysts show great promise for capturing carbon and cleaning up pollutants, requiring so little…

Physics: An ultrafast glimpse of the photochemistry of the atmosphere

Researchers have explored the initial consequences of the interaction of light with molecules on the surface…

Powerful new genomics method can be used to reveal the causes of rare genetic diseases

The technique makes use of the fact that people inherit two copies or ”alleles” of virtually…

Rare sleep disorder common among veterans with PTSD

Military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder or concussion suffer from a thrashing form of sleep behavior…

Type 2 diabetes and obesity could be treated by new, less invasive procedure

New research has found that a newly tested medical device, called Sleeveballoon, mimics the effects of…

New genetic link found for some forms of SIDS

Some forms of sudden infant death syndrome stem from a genetic mutation that keeps infants from…