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aweGene | 11 January
Carmen Sandi recalls the skepticism she faced at first. A behavioral neuroscientist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, she had
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aweGene | 29 December
If I were to picture futuristic bots that could revolutionize both microrobotics and medicine, a Pop-Tart with four squiggly legs would not be on top of my
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aweGene | 28 December
That's the prediction of Ray Kurzweil, director of engineering at Google (GOOGL), who spoke Wednesday at the Exponential Finance conference in New
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aweGene | 25 December
If you’re reading this from your sofa, the World Health Organization’s latest guidelines might make you rethink your position.With people across the world
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aweGene | 14 December
Longevity research always reminds me of the parable of blind men and an elephant. A group of blind men, who’ve never seen an elephant before, each touches
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aweGene | 10 December
Just a few doses of an experimental drug can reverse age-related declines in memory and mental flexibility in mice, according to a new study by UC San
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aweGene | 01 December
The fountain of youth may be made of air, not water.Scientists say they’ve successfully reversed the aging process of elderly people through “oxygen therapy”
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aweGene | 28 November
For the first time, researchers describe how Rho protein really stops gene expression.New research has identified and described a cellular process that,
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aweGene | 28 November
My family loves to do jigsaw puzzles. It’s one of our favorite activities to do together, especially when we’re on vacation. There is something so satisfying
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aweGene | 26 November
Within a single cell, thousands of molecules, such as proteins, ions, and other signaling molecules, work together to perform all kinds of functions —
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aweGene | 07 November
The weight counseling approach emphasized a low-carb diet, with participants logging better weight loss, less use of diabetes medications, and fewer
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aweGene | 27 October
Human brain maps are a dime a dozen these days. Maps that detail neurons in a certain region. Maps that draw out functional connections between those cells.
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aweGene | 20 October
Many factors boost a child's chance of success in school — like having wealthy parents who can afford tutors. But recent research has raised another
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aweGene | 20 October
One of the core processes of development biology involves establishing positions of various cells within a tissue, called morphogenesis. DARPA BETR performers
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aweGene | 11 October
The sequencing of the human genome was one of the greatest scientific feats of the past century, but it’s a little-known fact that it’s still a work in
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