Drug-resistant microbes kill about 35,000 people in the U.S. per year
Close to 3 million people in the United States develop difficult to treat infections caused by drug-resistant bacteria and fungi each year…
Dangerous Bacteria Communicate to Avoid Antibiotics
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have found a new survival mechanism for a commonly known type of bacteria. It…
First recording of a blue whale’s heart rate
Encased in a neon orange plastic shell, a collection of electronic sensors bobbed along the surface of the Monterey Bay,…
How antibiotics change human microbiome diversity long-term
A single course of antibiotics can change the composition of oral and gut microbiomes for at least a year, according…
Engineers translate brain signals directly into speech
In a scientific first, Columbia neuroengineers have created a system that translates thought into intelligible, recognizable speech. By monitoring…
Converting Wi-Fi signals to electricity with new 2-D materials
Imagine a world where smartphones, laptops, wearables, and other electronics are powered without batteries. Researchers from MIT and elsewhere have…
Learning new vocabulary during deep sleep
Researchers of the University of Bern, Switzerland, showed that we can acquire the vocabulary of a new language during…
Mapping the brain at high resolution
1 1ShareResearchers have developed a new way to image the brain with unprecedented resolution and speed. Using this approach, they can…
Researchers discover the brain cells that make pain unpleasant
Pain sensation and the emotional experience of pain are not the same, and now, in mice, scientists at Stanford have…