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Jellyfish, with no brains, still seem to sleep

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Jellyfish sitting on the floor of their tank. Credit: Caltech At first glance, humans seem to have very little in common with Cassiopea, a primitive...
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Scientists map memorable tunes in the rat brain, learn about how brain remembers everyday...

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Tuning into memories. Scientists mapped and read sound memories in rat brains. Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Zador, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, N.Y. Lights, sound, action:...
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New technique produces tunable, nanoporous materials

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Left and center: Magnetite- and gold-based nanoparticles self-assemble into lattice-like structures. Right: Individual gold and magnetite based nanoparticles. Credit: Petr Kral A collaborative group of...
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Water buffalo genome unveiled

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This is "Olimpia da Farfengo" the female Mediterranean water buffalo that researchers sequenced. Credit: Caterina Cambuli An international team of researchers led by the University...
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Heavy metal thunder: Protein can be switched on to conduct electricity like a metal

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Lindsay explored the interactions between a protein, called an integrin (alphaVbeta3), and its target, called a ligand (RGDfC). Lindsay's team was able to manufacture...
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Advanced artificial limbs mapped in the brain

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This is an amputee fitted with an advanced arm prosthetic following TMSR surgery. Credit: Irit Hacmun, Tel Aviv Targeted motor and sensory reinnervation (TMSR) is...
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Film research study shows how the brain reacts to difficult moral issues

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Brain activity for the two tasks of a) deciding to rescue the own sister, a friend, or strangers from a dangerous country in red...
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Nanomagnets levitate thanks to quantum physics

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Cosimo Rusconi (l.) and Oriol Romero-Isart (r.) play with a levitron to illustrate their work on nano magnets. Credit: IQOQI Innsbruck/M.R.Knabl Already in 1842, British...
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Oldest recorded solar eclipse helps date the Egyptian pharaohs

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Total solar eclipse corona. Credit: © Kenneth Keifer / Fotolia Researchers have pinpointed the date of what could be the oldest solar eclipse yet recorded....
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Arabian sea humpback whales isolated for 70,000 years

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A whale named 'Spitfire' swims in the waters off the island of Hallaniyah in southern Oman. Scientists from WCS, AMNH, and the Environment Society...
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How bacteria hinder chemotherapy

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Bacteria (green) inside human pancreatic cancer cells (AsPC-1 cells). The cells' nuclei are stained blue while their cytoplasm is stained orange. Credit: Weizmann Institute of...