Researchers at Johns Hopkins have figured out how one particular protein contributes to long-term memory and helps the brain remember things longer than an hour or two. The findings are reported in two papers in the November 9 issue of Neuron.
Researchers at the University of Rochester may have answered one of neuroscience’s most vexing questions — how can it be that our neurons, which are responsible for our crystal-clear thoughts, seem to fire in utterly random ways?
University of Cincinnati (UC) environmental health researchers have determined that firefighters are significantly more likely to develop four different types of cancer than workers in other fields. Their findings suggest that the protective equipment firefighters have used in the past didn’t do a good job in protecting them against cancer-causing agents they encounter in their profession, the researchers say.
The Sea Urchin Genome Sequencing Project (SUGSP) Consortium, led by the Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM-HGSC) in Houston, announced today the decoding and analysis of the genome sequence of the sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus.
Children and adolescents may be even more susceptible to the harmful effects of tobacco smoke than adults – according to new research into bladder cancer published in next week?s edition of the International Journal of Cancer*.
A team of international researchers has transferred eye tissue from newborn to adult mice. It lets the blind adults detect light. The scientists say it challenges conventional wisdom on stem cells, because the successful cells had already stopped dividing before they were transferred.
Under a cooperative research and development agreement with Transbotics, a Charlotte, N.C., AGV manufacturer, NIST is developing advanced sensor processing and modeling algorithms to help robot forklifts verify the location and orientation of pallets laden with goods.
For the first time, tornado-like rotational motions have been transferred from light to atoms in a controlled way at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The new quantum physics technique can be used to manipulate Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs), a state of matter of worldwide research interest, and possibly used in quantum information systems, an emerging computing and communications technology of potentially great power.
Carnegie Mellon University has played a key role in an international, multi-institutional collaboration to sequence the sea urchin genome. As part of the consortium, Charles Ettensohn, professor of biological sciences, led the team that cataloged the genes responsible for building the sea urchin’s embryonic skeleton. He also contributed 51,000 cDNAs — about one-third of the total genomic material critical for assembling the genome and for accurately predicting where genes lie within the DNA sequence.
The Sea Urchin Genome Sequencing Project consortium, led by the Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, announced today the decoding and analysis of the genome sequence of the sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus.