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Unveiling the Design Principles of Gene Regulatory Networks

Over the last 20 years, researchers in biology and medicine have created Boolean network models to simulate complex systems and find solutions, including new treatments for colorectal cancer.

24 Jan 2024

New Technology Enables Minimally-Invasive, High-Resolution Recording of Brain Activity

Sensors built with a new manufacturing approach are capable of recording activity deep within the brain from large populations of individual neurons–with a resolution of as few as one or two neurons–in humans as well as a range of animal models, according to a study published in the Jan. 17, 2024 issue of the journal Nature Communications.

18 Jan 2024

Scientists Develop Tiny Human Cerebellums to Decipher Disease and Design Therapies

In a first for USC Stem Cell scientists, the laboratory of Giorgia Quadrato, an assistant professor of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine, has pioneered a novel human brain organoid model that generates all the major cell types of the cerebellum, a hindbrain region predominantly made up of two cell types necessary for movement, cognition, and emotion: granule cells and Purkinje neurons.

5 Jan 2024

From Mice to Men: New Studies Bridge the Gap in Brain Cell Gene Expression Across Species

Despite all our cells sharing the same DNA, there are thousands of different cell types in the human brain, each with a unique structure and function.

14 Dec 2023

UTS Scientists Develop Portable System for Decoding Silent Thoughts

In a world-first, researchers from the GrapheneX-UTS Human-centric Artificial Intelligence Centre at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have developed a portable, non-invasive system that can decode silent thoughts and turn them into text.

12 Dec 2023

Free AI Drug Discovery Course Surpasses 2,500 Users

An online course on Disease Modeling and Target Discovery launched 7 months ago by clinical stage generative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven biotechnology company Insilico Medicine has surpassed 2,500 users.

12 Dec 2023

Study Reconstructs Genomic History of the Balkan Peninsula

A multidisciplinary study led by the Institute of Evolutionary Biology in Spain (a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council and Pompeu Fabra University), the University of Belgrade in Serbia, the University of Western Ontario in Canada, and Harvard University in the USA, reconstructs the genomic history of the Balkan Peninsula during the first millennium of the common era, a time and place of profound demographic, cultural and linguistic change.

8 Dec 2023

Grunt or Whistle: Successful Honey-Hunters Know How to Communicate With Wild Honey-Seeking Birds

Wild honeyguide birds prefer to cooperate with people who have learned local cultural traditions to find and access honey-filled bees’ nests, a new study has found.

6 Dec 2023

Biomedical Publisher Future Science Group Joins Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis’ Support for Scientific and Medical Communities Expanded with Journals, Digital Hubs and Publishing Solutions

5 Dec 2023

Researchers Unveil Novel Protein Families and Functions in Microbial Communities

Imagine researchers exploring a dark room with a flashlight, only able to clearly identify what falls within that single beam. When it comes to microbial communities, scientists have historically been unable to see beyond the beam -; worse, they didn't even know how big the room is.

12 Oct 2023

Modern DNA Research Sheds Light on Genetic Diversity of Southern Africa

An international research team from the University of Bern in Switzerland, the University of Porto in Portugal, and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany employed ancestry decomposition techniques to uncover a distinct and highly divergent genetic ancestry within mixed populations residing in the Angolan Namib desert.

25 Sep 2023

Baru Iylwenpeny, the ‘Skilled Hunter’ Crocodile of Central Australia’s Past

A fearsome fossil crocodile that once inhabited Central Australia around 8 million years ago has finally been bestowed with a scientific name.

25 Sep 2023

Study Delves Deeper into Understanding How Humans Behave

Throughout a person’s life, many stimuli can turn on and off many of the genes, resulting in the variances that distinguish people.

20 Sep 2023

Versatile, Language-Based Approach Aids in the Design of New Proteins

Researchers discovered a new type of marine bacteria with distinct traits on the ocean floor.

30 Aug 2023

Scientists Identify New Way Algae Transfer Nutrients to Coral Host

Researchers have discovered a fresh method by which symbiotic algae emit sugar. This process includes the often-ignored cell wall, demonstrating that this structure is crucial for symbiosis and the movement of carbon in the ocean in addition to protecting the cell.

24 Aug 2023

Language News and Research

Unveiling the Design Principles of Gene Regulatory Networks

New Technology Enables Minimally-Invasive, High-Resolution Recording of Brain Activity

Scientists Develop Tiny Human Cerebellums to Decipher Disease and Design Therapies

From Mice to Men: New Studies Bridge the Gap in Brain Cell Gene Expression Across Species

UTS Scientists Develop Portable System for Decoding Silent Thoughts

Free AI Drug Discovery Course Surpasses 2,500 Users

Study Reconstructs Genomic History of the Balkan Peninsula

Grunt or Whistle: Successful Honey-Hunters Know How to Communicate With Wild Honey-Seeking Birds

Biomedical Publisher Future Science Group Joins Taylor & Francis

Researchers Unveil Novel Protein Families and Functions in Microbial Communities

Modern DNA Research Sheds Light on Genetic Diversity of Southern Africa

Baru Iylwenpeny, the ‘Skilled Hunter’ Crocodile of Central Australia’s Past

Study Delves Deeper into Understanding How Humans Behave

Versatile, Language-Based Approach Aids in the Design of New Proteins

Scientists Identify New Way Algae Transfer Nutrients to Coral Host

Clay Brick Reveals Diversity of Plant Life in Ancient Assyria

AI Tool Speeds Up Vaccine Development

Persons With Type 2 Diabetes are More Likely to Experience Changes in Brain Structure

Deep Learning Methods Developed For Computational Protein Design

The Bilateral Laryngeal Motor Cortex’s Role in Preventing Speech Perception Difficulties

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From Memory to Metaplasticity: Unraveling the Brain's Secrets

Revolutionizing Mass Spectrometry: A Deep Dive into Plasmion’s SICRIT® Technology

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