Life Sciences and Chemistry
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The human brain uses a grid to represent space
The study is by a team from the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and was funded by the Medical Research Council and the European Union. Published today…
Chemical analyses uncover secrets of an ancient amphora
In 2005, a group of archaeologists from the UV discovered a sealed amphora among the remains at Lixus, an ancient settlement founded by the Phoenicians near…
Energy of attacking virus revealed
A group of chemistry researchers from Lund University in Sweden and from the University of Lyon in France lie behind the study.On the borderline between…
New visible light photocatalyst kills bacteria, even after light turned off
Based upon a new catalyst, the disinfection process can be used to purify drinking water, sanitize surgical instruments and remove unwanted fingerprints from…
Membrane-coat proteins: bacteria have them too
Although they are present almost everywhere, on land and sea, a group of related bacteria in the superphylum Planctomycetes-Verrucomicrobia-Chlamydiae, or PVC,…
Researchers discover method to objectively identify PTSD
Researchers at the University of Minnesota and Minneapolis VA Medical Center have identified a biological marker in the brains of those exhibiting…