脳に微細なチップを埋め込んで神経活動を検知できるシステムを、米大学の研究チームが開発した。この「ニューログレイン」と呼ばれるチップは現時点ではラットのみで実験されているが、人間に応用できれば脳機能の回復や脳疾患の治療などにも役立つ可能性が期待されている。
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Flu, cancer, HIV: after Covid success, what next for mRNA vaccines?
The technology was viewed with scepticism before the pandemic but there is now growing confidence about its use It is one of the most remarkable success stories of the pandemic: the unproven technology that delivered the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech vac…
Spiders are much smarter than you think
Researchers are discovering surprising capabilities among a group of itsy-bitsy arachnids.
300-year-old tree rings confirm recent uptick in hurricane-driven rainfall
There’s been nothing like these cyclone seasons for at least several centuries.
Fully aquatic whale-rats. Praying mantises the size of dogs.
The animals that may exist in a million years, imagined by biologists.
Poaching drove the evolution of tusk-free elephants
Researchers have identified genetic factors that stop tusk development.
These unspeakable giant bugs
Merlin Tuttle studies bats! You can read about his conservation efforts, or just browse his 2000+ image photo collection which encompasses 19 families, 125 genera, and 298 species from 38 countries. You can also listen to a two-part interview with him …
フジツボが貼り付く仕組みを応用、新しい「医療用接着剤」が瞬時に止血するメカニズム
フジツボにヒントを得た接着剤を使って患部を止血する方法を、米大学の研究チームが開発した。医師たちが絶賛するこの新しい手法は、いったいどのようなメカニズムなのか。
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Capsule of 1765 air reveals ancient histories hidden under Antarctic ice
Polar Zero exhibition in Glasgow features sculpture encasing air extracted from start of Industrial RevolutionAn ampoule of Antarctic air from the year 1765 forms the centrepiece of a new exhibition that reveals the hidden histories contained in polar …
Epigenetics, the misunderstood science that could shed new light on ageing
The study of the epigenome came with claims that trauma could be inherited, but now researchers are more excited about its potential to measure the risk of diseaseA little over a decade ago, a clutch of scientific studies was published that seemed to s…