Richard Vevers, a toilet paper salesman, decides that he’s had enough. He packs his bags and travels across the world to Australia, where he reinvents himself as an underwater photographer. All is well in the […]
Peeping into the black box of AI to discover how collective behaviours emerge
(Disponível em Português) For decades, scientists seeking to explain the emergence of complex group behaviors, such as schooling in fish, have been divided into two camps. Now, a way out of this dichotomy has been found […]
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INSPIRED BY: The Cell Fitness Lab Recent news stories & videos about the Cell Fitness lab: Outcompeting Cancer; Squeezing Out The Competition (the micro-version) ; Losing neurons can sometimes not be that bad More Lab Comics… […]
Tumor resistance is promoted by anti-cancer protein
(Disponível em Português) Areas of solid tumors that have limited access to oxygen, a condition called hypoxia, are highly resilient against chemo and radiation therapy. For years, scientists have wondered why the tumor suppressor protein p53 […]
How sleepless nights compromise the health of your gut
(Disponível em Português) Why are individuals that have irregular schedules, such as night-shift workers, more susceptible to gut inflammation and obesity? A newly found link between gut immune function and the brain’s circadian clock may very […]
Novel math could bring machine learning to the next level
(Disponível em Português) In recent years, a theory called “Topological Data Analysis”, stemmed from a branch of Mathematics so abstract that it did not seem to have any application whatsoever in the real world, has […]
Neuroscientists make major breakthrough in 200-year-old puzzle
(Disponível em Português) Weber’s law is the most firmly established rule of psychophysics — the science that relates the strength of physical stimuli to the sensations of the mind. Despite being almost 200 […]
Outcompeting cancer: A new way to stop cancer cells from killing their healthy neighbours
(Disponível em Português) Suppressing the capacity of tumours to destroy the healthy tissue that surrounds them is essential for fighting cancer-induced morbidity and mortality. Now, a new study in human-derived tumours reveals a potential way of […]
Paul Cohen: “We want to see whether it might be possible to convert unhealthy fat into healthier fat”
White fat is that uncomely body substance we spend our lives trying to get rid of. We know it can be bad for our health, causing obesity and its cohort of related diseases. But scientists […]
Virtual reality takes a leap into taste
(Disponível em Português) optoPAD is a newly developed system for creating virtual taste realities. It combines advanced optical and genetic techniques with touch-screen technology to monitor and control feeding behaviors and taste sensations in fruit flies. […]