Controlling nerve cells with light opened new ways to study the brain0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- June 19, 2021
A method called optogenetics offers insights into memory, perception and addiction

A method called optogenetics offers insights into memory, perception and addiction

From texts and tweets, to emails, archives, digital photos and videos, it seems the only thing vaster than the amount of data we have on Earth is the universe. So how do we store it all?

Plastic bottles have been converted into vanilla flavouring using genetically engineered bacteria, the first time a valuable chemical has been brewed from waste plastic.

A lunar particle accelerator could reach 1,000 times the energy of Earth’s largest collider

The military is apparently overwhelmed by reports of sightings from both the military and civilians

Satellite images of the field recently got The Internet’s attention, but it’s been a fixture at the secretive facility for more than 50 years.

Some chromosomes look like crumpled balls while others resemble flat sheets of paper, heat maps show

Australian scientists develop a microscope that works with 35% more clarity, raising hope for improvements in medical imaging

The same physics could give rise to auroras on Jupiter and Saturn

A giant replica of Noah’s Ark has been deemed unseaworthy and detained where it is docked.



