A molecular "recycling plant" permits nerve cells in the brain to carry out two seemingly contradictory functions -- changeable enough to record new experiences, yet permanent enough to maintain these ...

Researchers are developing a novel new way to model how the human brain works by creating a living representation of the brain. They are using cells originally from a tumor which have been ...

To recognize strange extraterrestrial life and solve biological mysteries on this planet, scientists are searching for an objective definition for life’s basic units. More than half a billion years ...

In 2018 the International System of Units will be redefined in terms of fundamental constants. Why this change is taking place is explained in this short film presented by Stephan Schlamminger of the ...

DURHAM, N.C. – A molecular “recycling plant” permits nerve cells in the brain to carry out two seemingly contradictory functions – changeable enough to record new experiences, yet permanent enough to ...