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Neurons That Respond to Touch Are Less Picky Than Expected
Neuroscience News - 10 Aug 2021 02:01
Contradicting conventional thought, researchers find neurons associated with processing touch sensations do not simply respond to distinct types of touch. Instead, these neurons respond to many types of touch, and to var...
Brain Connectivity Can Build Better AI
Neuroscience News - 10 Aug 2021 00:04
Artificial neural networks modeled on human brain connectivity can effectively perform complex cognitive tasks.
Fight-or-Flight Response Is Altered in Healthy Young People Who Had COVID-19
Neuroscience News - 10 Aug 2021 00:29
Regardless of symptom severity, otherwise healthy young people diagnosed with COVID-19 develop abnormalities with the system that governs the fight-or-flight response in the sympathetic nervous system.
Readiness to Punish Others for Selfish Behavior Explained by Functional Brain Connections
Neuroscience News - 10 Aug 2021 23:13
The stronger the connection between the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and temporal-parietal junction, the less likely people are to punish others for selfish deeds.
'Frameshifting' therapy for mast cell cancers reduces size, spread
Science Daily - 10 Aug 2021 22:13
A potential new treatment for mast cell cancers reduces the number of mast cells by 'mutating' the messenger RNA (mRNA) before it can deliver instructions for manufacturing the gene responsible for cell proliferation. Th...
Guinea confirms West Africa's first case of deadly Marburg virus
New Scientist - 10 Aug 2021 21:48
Marburg, a virus similar to Ebola that causes a deadly haemorrhagic fever, has been detected in Guinea. Local health authorities are working with the World Health Organization to contain the spread
Beige Fat "Indispensable" in Protecting the Brain From Dementia
Neuroscience News - 10 Aug 2021 21:34
Adipocytes, or beige fat cells, are indispensable to the anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective effects of subcutaneous fat, researchers say.
Immunodeficiency: Definition and examples
Live Science - 10 Aug 2021 21:32
Here's what immunodeficiency means.
Young, Healthy Woman Suffers Brain Inflammation After Mild COVID-19 Infection
Neuroscience News - 10 Aug 2021 21:08
Mainly associated with COVID infection in the elderly, researchers report a young, otherwise healthy woman was diagnosed with COVID-19 CNS vasculitis following infection.
Shared antibodies may push COVID-19 variants, study finds
Science Daily - 10 Aug 2021 20:31
Researchers have found that people recovering from COVID-19 and those vaccinated against the causative virus, SARS-CoV-2, produce identical clones, or groups, of antibody-producing white blood cells.
Neutralizing the SARS-CoV-2 sugar coat
Science Daily - 10 Aug 2021 20:31
Researchers have identified two sugar-binding proteins that impede the viral entry of circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants. The team may have found the 'Achilles' heel' of the virus, with potential for pan-variant therapeutic...
Atomic nuclei and leptons: Milestone in the calculation of cross sections
Science Daily - 10 Aug 2021 20:30
A team has succeeded in computing how atomic nuclei of the Calcium element behave in collisions with electrons. Results agree very well with available experimental data. For the first time, a calculation based on a funda...
New Insights Into How the 'First Brain' Works in the Gut
Neuroscience News - 10 Aug 2021 20:19
Study highlights how the enteric nervous system acts similarly to neural networks in the brain and spinal cord.
Mutation-mapping tool could yield stronger COVID boosters, universal vaccines
Science Daily - 10 Aug 2021 19:08
Researchers have developed a platform which can quickly identify common mutations on the SARS-CoV-2 virus that allow it to escape antibodies and infect cells, which could inform the development of more effective booster ...
Enzyme treatment of skin samples improves microbiome analysis
Science Daily - 10 Aug 2021 19:08
Healthy skin has a bacterial shield to protect against germs: the microbiome. This complex assembly of microorganisms was previously believed to be difficult to decipher. A team of researchers has now succeeded in using ...
Researchers discover how to stick sensors to skin without adhesive
Science Daily - 10 Aug 2021 19:07
Imagine if you could attach something to your skin without needing glue. A biosensor, a watch, a communications device, a fashion accessory -- the possibilities are endless. Thanks to a discovery, that time could be clos...
Why Apple's crackdown on child abuse images is no easy decision
New Scientist - 10 Aug 2021 19:00
Apple will inspect photos uploaded to the cloud by iPhones in the US to detect images of child sexual abuse - a move praised by child welfare charities but condemned by privacy campaigners
Thumb-size bat makes record-breaking flight, gets killed by a house cat
Live Science - 10 Aug 2021 18:48
A record-breaking female Nathusius' pipistrelle bat traveled more than 1,200 miles from London to Russia, where it was recently killed by a local cat.
Movement of small water droplets controlled by means of a magnet
Phys.org - 10 Aug 2021 18:14
Droplet manipulation is kindling great interest in several fields, including technological applications and basic studies in dynamic systems. The Lab-on-a-chip and microfluidics community is particularly interested in th...
Through the looking glass: Unravelling how ions move in phosphate glass
Science Daily - 10 Aug 2021 18:11
Phosphate glasses are expected to have applications in a variety of fields. To improve their functionality, it is necessary to determine the association between their structure and ion diffusion characteristics. Recently...
Covid-19 booster jab in the autumn will offer better protection against variants of concern, suggests new study
Science Daily - 10 Aug 2021 18:10
Scientists have confirmed that an autumn 'booster' dose of a COVID-19 vaccine will be an effective way to protect people from existing, and potentially future, variants of concern.
Frozen mummy of extinct cave lion is 'best-preserved ice age animal ever found,' researchers say
Live Science - 10 Aug 2021 17:42
Researchers have analyzed the mummified bodies of two extinct Ice Age lion cubs in unprecedented detail.