Dendrites filtering neuron’s excitement
Purkinje cell dendrites filter inputs into the cell, demonstrating a new learning mechanism in the cerebellum
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Improved pH probes may help towards cancer treatments
“It is becoming clear that an acid extracellular pH plays an essential role in cancer cell progression, invasiveness and resistance
Read more‘Conductor’ gene found in plant root stem cell ‘orchestra’
In a new paper, researchers at North Carolina State University lift the veil on the “conductor” plant root stem cell
Read moreWhat happens when your favorite PBS hosts eat miracle berries?
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2019 — Miracle berries cause sour foods to taste sweet, but do they have limits? This week
Read moreDepartment of Energy announces $5 million for new computational approaches to biology
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a plan to provide $5 million to develop new computational tools and software
Read moreScientists have spotted new compounds with herbicidal potential from sea fungus
Scientists of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) and the G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry (FEB RAS) together with
Read moreDiscovery of genes involved in the biosynthesis of antidepressant
Hypericin in St. John’s Wort
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A Robot and Software Make it Easier to Create Advanced Materials
A Rutgers-led team of engineers has developed an automated way to produce polymers, making it much easier to create advanced materials aimed at improving human health. The innovation is a critical step in pushing the limits for researchers who want to explore large libraries of polymers, including plastics and fibers, for chemical and biological applications such as drugs and regenerative medicine through tissue engineering.
Read moreAnimals that evolved in low-disturbance areas more ‘sensitive’ to modern disruption
Animal species that have evolved, and survived, in low-disturbance environments – with little interruption from glaciation, fires, hurricanes, or anthropogenic
Read moreInsilico publishes a review of deep aging clocks and announces the issuance of key patent
Insilico Medicine announced the publication of a comprehensive review of the deep biomarkers of aging and the publication of a granted patent
Read moreBiochemical model enhances power to predict MicroRNA targeting
Through millions of affinity measurements, researchers have developed a biochemical model that reveals novel insights into microRNAs, which function in
Read moreConferring leaf rust resistance in cereal crops
Genes have been identified that confer resistance to multiple leaf rust species in barley. The findings by an international team,
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