A research team has discovered a combination of drugs that increases healthy lifespan in Caenorhabditis elegans. The team administered combinations compounds targeting different ageing pathways to C. elegans. Results showed …read more Source:: Science
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Electrical properties of dendrites help explain our brain’s unique computing power
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•Neuroscientists have discovered that human dendrites have very different electrical properties from those of other species. These differences may contribute to the enhanced computing power of the human brain. …read more Source:: Science
Desert ants have an amazing odor memory
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•Desert ants can quickly learn many different food odors and remember them for the rest of their lives. Their memory for nest odors seems to differ from their food odor …read more Source:: Science
Fighting the cold virus and other threats, body makes trade-off, says study
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•A research team has revealed how cells in different parts of the human airway vary in their response to the common cold virus. Their finding could help solve the mystery …read more Source:: Science
Light-engineered bacterial shapes could hold key to future labs-on-a-chip
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•Scientists have used light patterns to control the swimming speed of bacteria and direct them to form different shapes. …read more Source:: Science
Scientists develop new materials that move in response to light
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•Researchers have developed magnetic elastomeric composites that move in different ways when exposed to light, raising the possibility that these materials could enable a wide range of products that perform …read more Source:: Science
How do snakes eat live crabs? By being finicky diners
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•Biologists found that three species of Asian water snake use different strategies to prey on similar food resources. …read more Source:: Science
Mice change their appearance as a result of frequent exposure to humans
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•Many tame domesticated animals have a different appearance compared to their relatives in the wild, for example white patches in their fur or shorter snouts. Researchers have now for the …read more Source:: Science
Building miniature optical antennas using DNA as a guide
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•Researchers have reported a new highly parallel technique to fabricate precise metallic nanostructures with designed plasmonic properties by means of different self-assembled DNA origami shapes. …read more Source:: Science
Botulinum-type toxins jump to a new kind of bacteria
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•A toxin much like the one that causes botulism has unexpectedly turned up in a completely different type of bacteria – Enterococcus. Where it came from is unclear, but the …read more Source:: Science