Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital have restored hearing in mice that have a genetic form of deafness. They have published their work online in the journal Science Translational…
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MIT researchers reveal brainwave changes in patients receiving nitrous oxide
Nitrous oxide, commonly known as “laughing gas,” has been used in anesthesiology practice since the 1800s, but the way it works to create altered states is not well understood. In a study…
Plants survive drought for decades came back to life in seconds when water was added
Humans can’t survive more than a few days without water, but some plants, in particular mosses, can survive drought for decades and suddenly revive with the first rain. When there’s no rain, Tortula mosses…
Unlocking fermentation secrets open the door to new biofuels
Researchers from the University of Illinois have, for the first time, uncovered the complex interdependence and orchestration of metabolic reactions, gene regulation, and environmental cues of clostridial metabolism, providing new insights for…
Researchers Discover First Sensor of Earth’s Magnetic Field in the brain of a tiny worm
A team of scientists and engineers at The University of Texas at Austin has identified the first sensor of the Earth’s magnetic field in an animal, finding in the brain of a…