Reversing Hearing Loss With Gene Therapy
A new gene therapy approach can reverse hearing loss caused by a genetic defect in a mouse model of congenital deafness, according to a preclinical study published by Cell Press in the July 26 issue of...
View ArticleControlling Monkey Brains and Behavior With Light
Researchers reporting online on July 26 in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, have for the first time shown that they can control the behavior of monkeys by using pulses of blue light to very...
View ArticleEntropy Paves Way to Nanostructures
Researchers trying to herd tiny particles into useful ordered formations have found an unlikely ally: entropy, a tendency generally described as “disorder.” Computer simulations by University of...
View ArticleTechnology gives eyes the write stuff
People who have lost the ability to use their arms and legs may soon be able to “write” with their eyes with the help of new technology developed in France. The eye-writing technology tricks the...
View ArticleWorld’s Smallest Semiconductor Laser Created
Physicists at The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with colleagues in Taiwan and China, have developed the world’s smallest semiconductor laser, a breakthrough for emerging photonic...
View ArticleLucid Dreamers Show Seat of Meta-Consciousness
Studies of lucid dreamers show which centers of the brain become active when we become aware of ourselves in dreams. Which areas of the brain help us to perceive our world in a self-reflective manner...
View ArticleCutting the Graphene Cake
Researchers at The University of Manchester have demonstrated that graphene can be used as a building block to create new 3D crystal structures which are not confined by what nature can produce....
View ArticleSneezes Are the Body’s Natural ‘Reboot’
New research suggests that sneezing is the body’s natural reboot and that patients with disorders of the nose such as sinusitis can’t reboot, explaining why they sneeze more often than others. Who...
View ArticleMending a Broken Heart With Stem Cells
For years, scientists have been looking for a good source of heart cells that can be used to study cardiac function in the lab, or perhaps even to replace diseased or damaged tissue in heart disease...
View ArticleQuantum Physics, Breakthrough In The Remote Control Of Quantum Systems
Quantum Physics, Breakthrough Into The Remote Control Of Quantum Systems (via Planetsave) One of the fundamental characteristics of quantum physics is that two or more particles, sometimes quite...
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