June 2010

What does that MRI signal MEAN, anyway?

Using light-activated cells appear to confirm that fMRI scans really do tell us what happens in the brain.

Vaccine against 2009 pandemic flu also protects mice against 1918 strain

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Mice administered a vaccine against the 2009 pandemic flu appear to be protected from the deadly 1918 flu.

Growing New Livers

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Partially functioning new livers are grown from hepatocyte stem cells around a scaffold.

Lungs rebuilt in lab and transplanted into rats

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A mouse breathes through a rebuilt lung grown around a scaffolding from an existing lung.

Your brain sees your hands as short and fat

The brain's model of our hands seems to be very distorted from how they actually are.

Hayabusa Returns to Earth with a Flash

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After seven years in space, the Hayabusa mission has come to an end.

Earth and Moon formed later than previously thought

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The Earth and Moon may have been formed over a hundred million years later than previously thought.

The Batteries of Early Life?

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A possible candidate to the precursor of ATP, the energy source for almost all cellular activity in life today, has been discovered.

How many planets are out there? First Results from Kepler!

The science team for the Kepler spacecraft announces the discovery of 306 new extrasolar planets.

How drug-resistant flu took us by surprise

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A mutation in flu viruses that made them weaker allowed stronger strains to gain a resistance against Tamiflu.