Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

A 'frenemy' in Parkinson's disease takes to crowdsourcing

The protein alpha-synuclein is a well-known player in Parkinson's disease and other related neurological conditions, such as dementia with Lewy bodies. Its…

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How Apple Varieties Can Help Combat Obesity

“We know that, in general, apples are a good source of these nondigestible compounds but there are differences in varieties,” said food scientist Giuliana…

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How Sleep Twitches Illuminate Brain Activity in Mammals

A University of Iowa study has found twitches made during sleep activate the brains of mammals differently than movements made while awake.

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Metabolic Rate Influences Risk-Taking in Great Tits

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology now found in a long-term study on different populations of great tits that risk-taking behaviour…

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Modeling Brain Shockwaves: Insights from Military Research

Since the start of the military conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, more than 300,000 soldiers have returned to the United States with traumatic brain injury…

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Scripps Research Uncovers Gene Mutation in Spastic Paraplegia

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered that a gene mutation linked to hereditary spastic paraplegia, a disabling neurological…

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Single-Neuron “Hub” Orchestrates Activity of an Entire Brain Circuit

The idea of mapping the brain is not new. Researchers have known for years that the key to treating, curing, and even preventing brain disorders such as…

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New Findings on Tumor-Forming Cells by CNIO Experts

Tumours are mosaics of cells that are morphologically and molecularly very different. In this cellular heterogeneity, it is calculated that only 1-2% of the…

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Investigating the “underground” habitat of Listeria bacteria

In order to better understand how Listeria spread, a group of scientists from the Institute of Milk Hygiene at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna…

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Climate Change Impacts Frog Breeding Patterns Worldwide

Scientists have found amphibians worldwide are breeding earlier due to climate change, but how that affects species is just now being answered.

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Human Genome Shaped by Evolutionary Arms Race Within It

New findings by scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, suggest that an evolutionary arms race between rival elements within the genomes of…

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New Poison Dart Frog Species Discovered in Panama

Every new species name is based on a representative specimen. The specimen for this species was collected Feb. 21, 2011, in the headwaters of the Rio Caño, in…

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Feel the Rubber Hand: Exploring Illusions in Innovation

It seems rather weird: You see an artificial hand lying on a table in front of you knowing exactly it isn't your real hand. Nevertheless, you feel as though it…

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Plankton’s Jet Lag: Hormones Driving Ocean Migration

A hormone that governs sleep and jet lag in humans may also drive the mass migration of plankton in the ocean, scientists at the European Molecular Biology…

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New Technique Uncovers Histone Role in Cell Division

Now a new technique developed at Rockefeller University in Hironori Funabiki’s Laboratory of Chromosome and Cell Biology allows researchers to examine…

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Imaging Studies Reveal Dynamic T Cell-B Cell Interactions

Their surprising finding: T cells and B cells form numerous short-term contacts, each lasting no more than a few minutes, in a dynamic process that is very…

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