Strange gamma-ray flickers seen in thunderstorms for the first time
Download the Nature Podcast 02 October 2024 In this episode: 00:46 Physicists spot new types of high-energy radiation in thunderstorms
United States sets the pace for implantable brain–computer interfaces
For seven years, British neuroscientist Luke Bashford trained as a postdoc in the United States, working on brain–computer interfaces (BCIs)
Predicting visual function by interpreting a neuronal wiring diagram
Reconstructed wiring diagram of a female adult fly brain This work is based on v783 of the proofread reconstruction of
CRISPR–Cas9 screens reveal regulators of ageing in neural stem cells
Laboratory animals Cas9-expressing mice (Cas9 mice) were obtained from the Jackson Laboratory (https://www.jax.org/strain/024858). These mice (background C57BL/6N) constitutively express the
CRISPR helps brain stem cells regain youth in mice
Brain stem cells (artificially coloured) give rise to neurons in young individuals, but that ability fades with advancing age.Credit: Riccardo
See a tardigrade ride a worm in the world’s weirdest rodeo — September’s best science images
Nature, Published online: 02 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03153-3 The month’s sharpest science shots — selected by Nature’s photo team. Source link
Inducing novel endosymbioses by implanting bacteria in fungi
Strains and standard culturing methods The strains and chemicals used are listed in Supplementary Tables 1 and 2. E. coli
young neuroscientists on the rise
Three of the most prolific young researchers in neuroscience-related output in the Nature Index discuss the problems they’re trying to
Will the big neuroscience brainstorm pay off?
Unravelling how the billions of interacting neurons in the human brain conjure consciousness is one of the greatest challenges in
Found in translation
We were floating around Sweeps-04, normal-like, when some space storm hit us hard. Our ship got all banged up. (My