This is a grid cell from the entorhinal cortex (EC) of the mouse brain, firing repeatedly and uniformly in a grid-like pattern. When a mouse moves through its environment, grid cells are activated, with each cell representing a specific...
The images above show key structural proteins (actin and tubulin) as cells age. The top raw shows still dividing, and, the bottom raw shows senescent (cells that no longer divide) cells. Their comparison highlights the difference in shape of...
Mealworms and crickets which, due to their promising structure and flavour, have the potential to be used in the manufacture of foods such as meatballs and falafel.Image Credit: Flickr/nataliej
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed food ingredients from...
A new study revealed that a specific type of immune cell, the Th17 cell, can be stimulated when you chew.Image Credit: Flickr/Alpha
Scientists have shown that chewing your food properly can boost your mouth's immune system to protect you against...
Elderly women who sit for more than 10 hours a day with low physical activity have cells that are biologically older by eight years compared to women who are less sedentary. Image Credit: Flickr/mafalda lopes
Researchers at University of California...
In vivo demonstration of cardiac assist in a porcine model of acute heart failure (Video courtesy of Ellen Roche/Harvard SEAS). Credit: Courtesy of Ellen Roche/Harvard SEAS
Harvard University and Boston Children's Hospital researchers have developed a customizable soft robot that...
Brain cancer regions. Image Credit: Wikimedia
After her brain cancer became resistant to chemotherapy and then to targeted treatments, 26-year-old Lisa Rosendahl's doctors gave her only a few months to live. Now a paper published January 17 in the journal...
At Baylor College of Medicine, scientists have developed a method that allows them to accurately determine the genes expressed in single cells. Among other applications, this technique can be useful to study how cancerous tumors begin, which could lead...
This illustration depicts the device used to measure individual protein. The inset shows proteins (in red) flowing through a nanopore. Credit: University of Michigan
In research that could one day lead to advances against neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's,...
Prolonged exposure to work-related stress has been linked to an increased likelihood of lung, colon, rectal, and stomach cancer and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Image Credit: Flickr/William Brawley
First study on the link between cancer and work-related stress perceived by men throughout...
Risk of a fatal cardiovascular disease due to depression is almost as great as that due to elevated cholesterol levels or obesity. Image credit:Flickr/HAMZA BUTT
Depression poses a risk for cardiovascular diseases in men that is just as great as...
