Using an innovative computational approach to analyze vast brain cell gene expression datasets, researchers at MIT and Sorbonne Université have ...
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New surgery may enable better control of prosthetic limbsNew surgery may enable better control of prosthetic limbs
MIT researchers have invented a new type of amputation surgery that can help amputees to better control their residual muscles ...
Not all banking crises involve panicsNot all banking crises involve panics
A banking crisis is often seen as a self-fulfulling prophecy: The expectation of bank failure makes it happen. Picture people ...
Controlling drug activity with lightControlling drug activity with light
Hormones and nutrients bind to receptors on cell surfaces by a lock-and-key mechanism that triggers intracellular events linked to that ...
A hunger for social contactA hunger for social contact
Since the coronavirus pandemic began in the spring, many people have only seen their close friends and loved ones during ...
Powering through the coming energy transitionPowering through the coming energy transition
Aiming to avoid the worst effects of climate change, from severe droughts to extreme coastal flooding, the nearly 200 nations ...
Scientists identify specific brain region and circuits controlling attentionScientists identify specific brain region and circuits controlling attention
The attentional control that organisms need to succeed in their goals comes from two abilities: the focus to ignore distractions ...
Neural pathway crucial to successful rapid object recognition in primatesNeural pathway crucial to successful rapid object recognition in primates
MIT researchers have identified a brain pathway critical in enabling primates to effortlessly identify objects in their field of vision. ...
Live imaging method brings structure to mapping brain functionLive imaging method brings structure to mapping brain function
To understand the massive capabilities and complexities of the brain, neuroscientists segment it into regions based on what they appear ...
Scientists discover new rules about “runaway” transcriptionScientists discover new rules about “runaway” transcription
On the evolutionary tree, humans diverged from yeast roughly 1 billion years ago. By comparison, two seemingly similar species of ...