
Can Your Genes Feel The Beat?
Perception of rhythmic cues contributes to our understanding of music, conversation, and movement throughout our daily lives.

Rapid and Accurate Virus Testing at Your Fingertips
Availability of widespread rapid testing for COVID-19 has advanced since the start of the pandemic, resulting in faster infection diagnoses and…

New Sensor Grids Record Human Brain Signals in Record-breaking Resolution
A team of engineers, neurosurgeons and medical researchers has published data from both humans and rats demonstrating that new arrays of brain…

Let’s Talk About Shapes: Viral Characteristics That Make It Successful In Human Cell Infection
Piecing Together the Requirements to Tackle Antiviral Drug Resistance and Future Pandemics

Slide-seq: A Novel Method to Map Tissue Cells
RNA is used to measure gene expression— which genes are active in a cell. Scientists can use patterns of gene expression to tell the difference…

How Much Does It Hurt (Exactly)?
Left untreated, pain can have major negative effects on sufferers’ quality of life.

Rejection Detection (of Transplants)
Successful organ transplants are important to the quality of life of patients with end-stage organ failure.

Pinpointing Plenty of Proteins - in a Single Cell
The cell is the fundamental unit of life, but until recently, it was very difficult for researchers to study the activities of an individual cell.

Firing Neurons With Nanowire and Light
The brain is responsible for regulating life sustaining functions, taking in sensory information, controlling movement, and creating thought.
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