In a sleepy haze, reaching out and grabbing the coffee cup in front of you seems to happen on autopilot. But your caffeine-deprived brain is working hard. It's collecting sensory information and other kinds of feedback—clues ...
Dec 25, 2019
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Neurons, take your places.
Sep 26, 2019
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For long-distance transportation within the cell, RNA molecules rely on hitchhiking.
Sep 19, 2019
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Scientists are batting a thousand in a project to reconstruct the mouse brain's wiring diagram.
Sep 5, 2019
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Luke Lavis has spent years developing fluorescent dyes in every color of the rainbow. The super-bright, long-lasting dyes have been used in labs around the world and have helped make Nobel Prize-winning microscopy advances ...
Aug 1, 2019
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Stomach bugs come in different sizes.
Jun 12, 2019
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Astrocytes are overtaxed neurons' pit crew.
May 31, 2019
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One of influenza virus's main weapons is actually a double-edged sword.
May 31, 2019
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The patient, a 15-year-old girl, had come to London's Great Ormond Street Hospital for a double lung transplant. It was the summer of 2017, and her lungs were struggling to reach even a third of their normal function. She ...
May 8, 2019
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An anti-smoking drug now has a new job—as a chemical switch to turn select neurons on or off.
Mar 14, 2019
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