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One and a half convolutions from the cap

Electrical stimulation of the brain has significantly increased cognitive capabilities (so far – only macaques). Military personnel are next in line.

24.10.2017
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Evolution in an unchanging environment

The experiment on bacteria showed that over 60,000 generations, the evolution of experimental populations has not stopped or even slowed down.

24.10.2017
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What are you whispering there?

The computer analogue of the game "hot and cold" helped elderly people to parse 25% more words in a noisy environment.

23.10.2017
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Games that move science forward

Translation of an article published on the Gamasutra portal, which describes the types of civil science games and approaches to their development.

23.10.2017
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The brain is the head of everything

Probably, a fully "charged" brain helped our ancestors better navigate dangerous situations and save their lives more often than fresh muscles.

20.10.2017
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What does DNA look like

The short video simply and clearly shows what DNA actually looks like and how it is packed inside cells.

19.10.2017
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Fertilization on the screen

Two biologists made a realistic short film about how a sperm fertilizes an egg.

19.10.2017
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The cause of schizophrenia

The results of a new study have shown that in schizophrenia, the structure of white matter throughout the brain is disrupted.

18.10.2017
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Uninvited guests

Cross-contamination of cell lines could distort the results of tens of thousands of studies in biology and medicine.

18.10.2017
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New HIV reservoir

Molecular biologists have discovered a third type of immune cells in which the immunodeficiency virus can hide indefinitely.

18.10.2017
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Pancreas from Harvard

The next clinical trials of the artificial "pancreas" were successful.

18.10.2017
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How long do I have to live

The mtDNA copy number is a new biomarker capable of accurately predicting the risk of sudden death from cardiac arrest for 10 years or more.

17.10.2017
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Cancer and glycolysis

New data on the Warburg effect in the future may allow more purposefully "starving" sick cells.

17.10.2017
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Tip of the iceberg

Carbapenem resistance genes in non–pathogenic bacteria are just the beginning. If they (and many that have not yet been discovered) are transmitted to pathogenic microbes…

16.10.2017
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The smell of a woman

Researchers from Bern decided to find out whether the main histocompatibility complex of women affects men's preference for female odors.

16.10.2017
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Proteins in hydrogel

Hydrogels from modified DNA can be used to store and work with a large number of different proteins.

13.10.2017
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Recharge your brain

Artificial synchronization of various brain regions using transcranial electrical stimulation allows you to learn more successfully.

12.10.2017
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Screening of medicines on a chip

The combination of miniature models of the heart, liver and lungs reproduces the body's reaction to experimental drugs.

11.10.2017
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Hallucinations in the mini-brain

For the first time, scientists have described changes in the functioning of human nervous tissue under the influence of a psychedelic at the molecular level.

11.10.2017