How groups of neurons support the formation of memories

Neuroscientists and psychologists have been trying to understand how the human brain supports learning and the encoding of ...
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Scientists Simulated an Entire Living Cell in 4D and Watched It Divide

A simulated cell in the early stages of division. Left half shows membrane (green cubes), and ribosomes (yellow/purple) interwoven through in the cell’s chromosome (red). Right side shows all the ...

Clearing circular RNA from cells extends lifespan, C. elegans study reveals

Cells in our bodies produce RNA based on genetic information stored in DNA, and RNA serves as a blueprint for making proteins. Researchers at KAIST have discovered a new phenomenon: Removing "circular ...
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Scientists watch plants building their cell walls in real-time for the first time ever

Scientists recorded 24 hours of the cellular construction process, revealing surprising new details about how plant cell ...

Why sugar breakdown matters beyond energy—new insights into how it makes cells move

It has long been known that our bodies derive energy from sugar. Researchers at RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau have ...

Can ‘mini brains’ replace lab animals? Organoids are changing how scientists study disease

Around 200 million animals are used in lab research around the world each year. Organoids may one day replace them.