Wouldn’t it be useful to suddenly erect 3-D spikes out of your skin, hold them for an hour, then even faster retract them and swim away? Octopus and cuttlefish can …read more Source:: Science
Day: February 15, 2018
CRISPR-based diagnostic tool advanced, miniature paper test developed
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•The team that first unveiled the rapid, inexpensive, highly sensitive CRISPR-based diagnostic tool called SHERLOCK has greatly enhanced the tool’s power to work with a miniature paper test, similar to …read more Source:: Science
Specific set of nerve cells controls epileptic seizures’ spread through brain
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•Experimental activation of a small set of nerve cells in the brain prevents convulsive seizures in a mouse model of temporal lobe epilepsy, the most common form of epilepsy among …read more Source:: Science
CRISPR scissors, Cas12a, enables cutting-edge diagnostics
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•Utilizing an unsuspected activity of the CRISPR-Cas12a protein, researchers created a simple diagnostic system called DETECTR to analyze cells, blood, saliva, urine and stool to detect genetic mutations, cancer and …read more Source:: Science
Physicists create new form of light
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•Physicists have created a new form of light that could enable quantum computing with photons. …read more Source:: Science