Osteoarthritis research effort works to understand cartilage development
For the first time, researchers have identified and characterized unique cell populations that form the superficial zone of human joint cartilage. The zone has...
Artificial synaptic device simulating the function of human brain
Researchers have developed a high-reliability artificial electronic synaptic device that simulates neurons and synapses. The finding is expected to be utilized in the development...
Scientists developing new blood test to screen for secondary heart attack
Scientists are developing a blood test that quickly and easily detects whether a person is at risk of a secondary heart attack. The researchers...
Evolution of psychiatric disorders and human personality traits
How and why human-unique characteristics such as highly social behavior, languages and complex culture have evolved is a long-standing question. A research team has...
Protocell guests flee the nest
Researchers have shown that resident artificial cells abandon their protocell hosts by displaying antagonistic behavior on receiving a chemical signal.
Shared lifetime of grandmothers and grandchildren significantly increased since 1800s
The importance of grandmothers in the lives of their grandchildren has changed. The shared lifetime between grandmothers and their grandchildren has a fundamental effect...
Bravery cells found in the hippocampus
Why do some people comfortably walk between skyscrapers on a high-wire or raft the Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel whereas others freeze on...
This is how the brain forgets on purpose
Researchers have analysed what happens in the brain when humans want to voluntarily forget something. They identified two areas of the brain -- the...
Smiling doesn’t necessarily mean you’re happy
Smiling does not necessarily indicate that we are happy, according to new research.
Single molecule control for a millionth of a billionth of a second
Physicists have discovered how to manipulate and control individual molecules for a millionth of a billionth of a second, after being intrigued by some...
