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Why we're smarter than chickens

Posted in Science on 23rd Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller

A single molecular event in our cells could hold the key to how we evolved to become the smartest animal on the planet, scientists report.

Most complete functioning human-brain model to date, according to researchers

Posted in Medicine on 20th Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller

The brain organoid, engineered from adult human skin cells, is the most complete human brain model yet developed.

Inflammation, not telomere length, predicts healthy longevity of centenarians

Posted in Medicine on 5th Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller

To live past 100 you must keep inflammation down.

Intracellular microlasers for precise labeling of a trillion individual cells

Posted in Medicine on 4th Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller

The wavelengths of light emitted by intracellular microlasers differ based on size, shape, and composition of each microlaser, allowing precise labeling of individual cells.

New nanodevice defeats drug resistance and releases cancer drugs

Posted in Medicine on 11th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller

Researchers were able to shrink tumors by 90 percent in two weeks.