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A research scientist and internationally recognized authority in the field of blood cell development reflects on 45 years at MIT.

Three University of Michigan investigators have been acknowledged by the National Institutes of Health's prestigious High-Risk, High-Reward Research program.

While Joshua Pearce has no plans to open a Michelin-starred restaurant any time soon, the Western University researcher spends much of his free time thinking about feeding the world. Now, a decade after co-writing Feeding Everyone No Matter What (a how-to guide on combatting an apocalyptic global food crisis), Pearce has taken his big-picture planning off planet with his latest concept: mining asteroids for space food.

Mysteries surround the complex information encoded within human genomes and cells. Deciphering the intricate language that governs cell structure, function and communication could vastly improve the understanding of human health and disease.

An interdisciplinary team of Caltech researchers has received an NIH Director's Transformative Research Award from the National Institutes of Health's High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program.

The scientists, who worked together as postdocs at MIT, are honored for their discovery of microRNA - a class of molecules that are critical for gene regulation.

We've seen dramatic increases in life expectancy over the 19th and 20th centuries, thanks to healthier diets, medical advances and many other quality-of-life improvements. But after nearly doubling over the course of the 20th century, the rate of increase has slowed considerably in the last three decades, according to a new study led by the University of Illinois Chicago.

Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial. From a report on biometric data collection to the invasion tactics of the potato blight pathogen, here is some quick-read news from across Imperial.

The ongoing loss of bird species is likely to have severe knock-on effects as their unique roles in ecosystems are not fulfilled, shows a new study.

Daylight saving returns this Sunday, bringing with it more than just the loss of an hour of sleep. Experts shed light on the various impacts it can have on our appetite, pets, mental health, and more.

The first wiring diagram of every neuron in an adult brain and the 50 million connections between them has been produced for a fruit fly. Brain wiring diagrams are a first step towards understanding everything we're interested in - how we control our movement, answer the telephone, or recognise a friend.

Cell biologist Maria Florencia Sánchez is a passionate scientist who now works in Münster Since May of this year, the second floor of the Multiscale Imaging Centre (MIC) on Röntgenstraße has been home to the office of Dr Maria Florencia Sánchez, who studies how cells communicate.

Researchers extend study on exploring markers associated with Alzheimer's disease thanks to an exceptional donation from Gates Ventures. A research team at Imperial College London, led by Professor Lefkos Middleton has received a philanthropic gift from Gates Ventures to pursue a three-year research programme aimed at uncovering risk factors and markers of Alzheimer's disease.

Throughout their lifespan, cells must continuously activate and deactivate genes. This process is regulated by transcription factors, a class of proteins that control gene expression by binding to DNA.

More than half of the natural habitat types in Germany are in an ecologically unfavorable state, and more valuable habitat areas are disappearing every day.

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has selected Joe Parker , assistant professor of biology and biological engineering, Chen Scholar , and director of Caltech's Center for Evolutionary Science , as a 2024 MacArthur Fellow.

Space-saving, energy-efficient, resource-saving, mobile and stackable - this is how researchers at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) envision food production in the city of the future.

INBRAIN Neuroelectronics , a brain-computer interface therapeutics (BCI-Tx) company pioneering graphene-based neural technologies, announced today the world's first human procedure of its corticaI interface in a patient undergoing brain tumor resection.

Elemind, founded by researchers from MIT, has developed a headband that uses acoustic stimulation to move people into a sleep state.

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Results of a world-first phase 3 trial for secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS), led by UCL researchers, have shown that the commonly used high-cholesterol drug simvastatin cannot slow disability progression. The results, announced at the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS) conference in Copenhagen, followed promising phase 2 trial findings.

Research areas at ETH Zurich span barriers in a wide variety of fields, including cell biology, drug delivery and spatial planning.

Researchers from Bonn and Tübingen clarify the neuronal basis of the mathematical concept of "zero" Despite its importance for mathematics, the neuronal basis of the number zero in the human brain was previously unknown. Researchers from the University Hospital Bonn (UKB), the University of Bonn and the University of Tübingen have now discovered that individual nerve cells in the medial temporal lobe recognize zero as a numerical value and not as a separate category "nothing".

Sexy rat men have become the latest it-boys. Dr Alex Fisher unpacks this recent shift in attractiveness standards.

The innovations map the ocean floor and the brain, prevent heat stroke and cognitive injury, expand AI processing and quantum system capabilities, and introduce new fabrication approaches.

Acclaimed scientists Richard Huganir and Patricia Janak launch OneNeuro, a cross-disciplinary initiative at Johns Hopkins to utilize emerging technologies and AI to finally crack the code on the enig

Megagenome of Araucaria araucana , an endangered Chilean species with food potential in temperate zones, sequenced An international team of researchers, led from Chile by the University of Concepción

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New cooperation combines cutting-edge research with state-of-the-art technology The new Center of Excellence for Metaproteomics at the University of Vienna will focus on microbiome research using high-resolution protein-based methods.

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European Commission supports establishment of MSCA doctoral networks in physics, life sciences, engineering sciences and medicine Five new cross-border and inter-institutional doctoral networks at He

Developing large-scale neural network models that mimic the brain's activity is a major goal in the field of computational neuroscience. Existing models that accurately reproduce aspects of brain activity are notoriously complex, and fine-tuning model parameters often requires significant time, intuition and expertise.

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MIT scientists' discovery yields a potent immune response, could be used to develop a potential tumor vaccine. A collaboration between four MIT groups, led by principal investigators Laura L. Kiessling , Jeremiah A. Johnson , Alex K. Shalek, and Darrell J. Irvine , in conjunction with a group at Georgia Tech led by M.G. Finn , has revealed a new strategy for enabling immune system mobilization against cancer cells.