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The Rhythms Of Sleep That Help Us Remember
Manipulating the pattern of electrical activity in the brain during deep sleep can make mice remember or forget.
Designing Artificial Ion Channels
Researchers in South Korea have developed artificial ion channels that can transfer iodide ions 60 times more efficiently than chloride ions.
The Molecular Mechanisms Of Thyroid Disease
Blocking VEGF-A or its receptor could help prevent the remodelling of the thyroid gland associated with thyroid disease, scientists say.
Modified CRISPR Gene Editing Proves Highly Accurate
Scientists in South Korea have shown that a Cas9 gene editing variant has much fewer off-target effects.
Expanding The Graphene Toolkit
Scientists have developed a way to make graphene more reactive so that different chemical groups can be attached to fine tune its properties.
Gene Editing Researcher Receives ASAN Award In Basic Medicine
IBS Center for Genome Engineering Director Kim Jin-Soo was recognized for his work on making CRISPR-Cas9 technology more precise and stable.
Re-Writing The Rules Of Lithium Ion Batteries
Ultrafast spectroscopy has revealed that components of the electrolyte play a much more important role in battery performance than previously thought.
Could Dark Matter Lie Beyond The Portal?
A dark axion portal could link the observable Universe to dark matter, which occupies 70 percent of the Universe but remains poorly understood.
Sterile Neutrinos Evade The NEOS Detector
Results from a new experiment shows that finding sterile neutrinos may be more challenging than we thought.
