A state-of-the-art brain-machine interface created by neuroscientists can generate natural-sounding synthetic speech by using brain activity…
Exposing cancer’s metabolic addictions
Researchers describe a new set of 'rules' that predict how the tissue of origin influences critical…
Could a popular food ingredient raise the risk for diabetes and obesity?
Consumption of propionate, a food ingredient that's widely used in baked goods, animal feeds, and artificial…
First maps of two melatonin receptors essential for sleep
An international team of researchers used an X-ray laser to create the first detailed maps of…
Minerals in mountain rivers tell the story of landslide activity upstream
Scientists have come up with a new way of analyzing sand in mountain rivers to determine…
Microbes may act as gatekeepers of Earth’s Deep Carbon
Two years ago a team of scientists visited Costa Rica's subduction zone, where the ocean floor…
Treating addiction: Cryo-EM technology enables the ‘impossible’
Scientists used a compound found in a shrub native to Africa to reveal the three major…
Neurotransmitter that helps cancers progress IDed
Using human cancer cells, tumor and blood samples from cancer patients, researchers have uncovered the role…
A new way to ‘freeze’ cells promises to transform the common cell-freezing practice
Researchers in Japan have demonstrated preserving frozen animal cells without a cryoprotectant agent, relying instead on…
Particulate matter takes away 125,000 years of healthy life from Europe’s child population
A study analyzes the burden of disease of seven environmental hazards to children in the 28…