Scientists Do Terrible Things to Lab Mice. Is There a Better Way?
Scientists stress out lab mice, a lot. Inducing chronic stress and anxiety in these furry critters is how scientists explore ...
Mechanism in the Brain Constantly Refreshes Memory
Mount Sinai researchers have discovered for the first time a neural mechanism for memory integration that stretches across both time and personal experience. These findings, reported in Nature, demons ...
Artificial Plants Purify Indoor Air, Generate Electricity
On average, Americans spend about 90% of their time indoors, and the air we breathe at work, school or home affects our overall health and well-being. Most air purification systems, however, are expen ...
Neuron Finding Alters Understanding of How Brain Handles Hunger
As you’re deciding whether to eat one more potato chip, a pitched battle takes place in your brain. One group of neurons promotes hunger while another induces satiety. How quickly one group gain ...
Strange Blobs Inside Cells Challenge the Fundamentals of Biology
Think back to that basic biology class you took in high school. You probably learned about organelles, those little “organs” inside cells that form compartments with individual functions.
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Detecting Evidence of Lung Cancer in Exhaled Breath
Exhaled breath contains chemical clues to what’s going on inside the body, including diseases like lung cancer. And devising ways to sense these compounds could help doctors provide early diagnoses — ...
Why Can't We Use Lightning for Electricity?
We need green energy yesterday. And it so happens that nature regularly sends huge bolts of electricity at us out of the sky. So what are the challenges of harvesting lightning for susta ...
The Real Reason Polio Is So Dangerous
In 1952, polio was everywhere: killing or paralyzing roughly half a million people annually. Yet just 10 years later, paralytic polio cases in the US dropped by 96% and we were on track to ...
The Single Nuclear Bomb That Could Have Destroyed the World
At the height of the Cold War, a terrifying concept emerged: a bomb so powerful it wouldn’t need to be dropped. Known as ...
We're Wrong About How the Best Preserved Dinosaurs Died
Between about 120 million and 130 million years ago, during the age of dinosaurs, temperate forests and lakes hosted a lively ...
Mouse Study Hints That Keto Diet Could Treat Autoimmune Disorders
Scientists have long suspected the keto diet might be able to calm an overactive immune system and help some people with diseases like multiple sclerosis. Now, they have reason to believe it could be ...
Quantum Mechanics Could Overcome Limits of Silicon Semiconductors
Silicon transistors, which are used to amplify and switch signals, are a critical component in most electronic devices, from ...