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How human brains do language: one system, two channels
Contrary to popular belief, language is not limited to speech. In a recent study published in the journal PNAS, Northeastern University Prof. Iris Berent...
Close to absolute zero, the particles exhibit their quantum nature
Keeping a close eye on everything: Christian Ast checks the connections of the scanning tunneling microscope (top). Researchers in the Nanoscale Science Department conduct...
Low vitamin D levels linked to increased risk of bladder cancer
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with an increased risk of developing bladder cancer, according to a systematic review of seven studies presented at the...
Study identifies new biomarkers for Huntington’s disease
Huntingtin aggregates (brown) are elevated in skin sections from HD model mice (left). Levels are reduced after treatment with P110 (right).Credit: Disatnik et al.,...
Findings Show How AIDS Spread Across North America
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A new technique that allowed researchers to analyze genetic material from serum samples of HIV patients taken before AIDS was...
Power outage in the brain may be source of Alzheimer’s
Mitochondria are membrane-bound organelles present in eukaryotic cells. Their essential role is to supply cells with energy in the form of ATP. Mitochondrial dysfunction...
Nanocellulose in medicine and green manufacturing
Dental follicle stem cells cultured on different scaffolds for 10, 20 and 30 days. Alizarin red stain was used to detect stem cell mineralization...
Unlocking big genetic datasets: Researchers apply machine learning tools to infer ancestry mix of...
On simulated data sets of 10,000 individuals, TeraStructure could estimate population structure more accurately and twice as fast as current state-of-the art algorithms, the...
Physicists present the most accurate time measurements of quantum jumps to date
A laser pulse hits a helium atom. One of the electron is ripped out of the atom, the other electron may change its quantum...
Pollution emitted near equator has biggest impact on global ozone
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Where the world emits is more important than how much it emits, suggesting that the southward shift of emissions toward the...
Buildup of ‘toxic fat’ metabolite could increase diabetes risk
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For years, scientists have known that someone who is thin could still end up with diabetes. Yet an obese person may be...
