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Brain Rewiring May Explain Chronic Pain After Nerve Damage
‘Reawakened’ astrocytes have been found to act as a sort of central processing unit that causes and sustains chronic pain.
Researchers Find Five Genes Associated With Glaucoma
These genes could represent new drug targets for primary angle closure glaucoma, which mainly affects ageing Asians.
Robots Could Get Touchy-Feely With This Transparent Smart Skin
This ultra-thin smart skin uses nine times fewer electrodes than other prototypes, and is self-powering too.
Antioxidant Diabetes Drugs May Encourage Cancer Spread
Antioxidants are by no means a universal panacea; this study shows that they may even accelerate the spread of existing tumors.
Brain Slices Show That Stress Messes Up Your Memory
A study in an in vitro system has shown that stress interferes with the development of new synapses required for new memories to form.
Insecticide-Resistant Bed Bugs Have Thick Skins
Thicker skins could explain why bed bugs have begun to take over homes all around the world in the last two decades.
Bacteria Attack With ‘Suicide Bombers’ (VIDEO)
Bacterial cells can quickly change from rod- to round-shaped and then explode, releasing cellular content into the surrounding environment to wreak more havoc.
A Rock Solid Understanding Of Carbon Capture & Storage
This more accurate and detailed simulation of carbon as it is injected into underground rocks could help to improve carbon capture and storage methods.
Researchers Identify Gene That Kickstarts Scoliosis
An overactive gene, called ladybird homeobox 1, was found to be the start of a genetic chain reaction that causes the spine to grow abnormally.