(Picower Institute at MIT) The visual cortex stores and remembers individual images, but when they are grouped into a sequence, mice can’t recognize that without guidance from the hippocampus, according to a new study by neuroscientists at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory. ​(Picower Institute at MIT) The visual cortex stores and remembers individual …

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(Simons Foundation) Researchers have identified a rare class of genetic differences transmitted from parents without autism to their affected children with autism and determined that they are most prominent in “multiplex” families with more than one family member on the spectrum. These findings are reported in Recent ultra-rare inherited variants implicate new autism candidate risk …

Rare inherited variants in previously unsuspected genes may confer significant risk for autism Read More »

(Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research) An international team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research and the University of Åarhus in Denmark have discovered that bacteria from the plant microbiota are adapted to their host species. In a newly published study, they show how root-associated bacteria have a competitive …

Plant root-associated bacteria preferentially colonize their native host-plant roots Read More »

(Botanical Society of America) Scientists around the world are collaborating on a project that is changing the way they trace the evolutionary history of flowering plants. By using new technology allowing them to rapidly retrieve and compare DNA sequences from among any of the 300,000 species of flowering plants, scientists are unraveling the 140-million-year history …

International collaboration of scientists rewrite the rulebook of flowering plant genetics Read More »

(Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters) Researchers from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital and the University of Queensland have developed a new formulation based on regulatory T-cell exosomes (rEXS) to deliver vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) antibodies for choroidal neovascularization therapy. ​(Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters) …

Exosome formulation developed to deliver antibodies for choroidal neovascularization therapy Read More »

(Washington University in St. Louis) Minuscule tunnels through the cell membrane help cells to perceive and respond to mechanical forces, such as pressure or touch. A new study directly investigates what PIEZO channels are doing in the tip-growing cells in moss and pollen tubes of flowering plants, and how. ​(Washington University in St. Louis) Minuscule …

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(Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University) A genetic analysis of fruit in the mandarin family has unraveled a complex journey from the mountainous region of southern China to the markets of Okinawa, says researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University. ​(Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate …

Juicy past of favorite Okinawan fruit revealed Read More »

(American Academy of Neurology) A new study shows that people who eat a diet that includes at least half a serving per day of foods high in flavonoids like strawberries, oranges, peppers and apples may have a 20% lower risk of cognitive decline. The research is published in the July 28, 2021, online issue of …

Study: Adding color to your plate may lower risk of cognitive decline Read More »

(Cell Press) In a paper published July 28 in the journal Current Biology, researchers have shown that feeding bumble bees caffeine helps them better remember the smell of a specific flower with nectar inside. While previous studies have shown that bees like caffeine and will more frequently visit caffeinated flowers to get it, this is …

A caffeine buzz helps bees learn to find specific flowers Read More »

(PLOS) The Secret Life of Basking Sharks: Video recordings reveal feeding, courtship and social behaviors in Scottish waters. ​(PLOS) The Secret Life of Basking Sharks: Video recordings reveal feeding, courtship and social behaviors in Scottish waters.