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| How some gut microbes awaken 'zombie' viruses in their neighbors Posted: 23 Feb 2022 08:12 AM PST Gut bacteria brew all sorts of chemicals, but we don't know what most of them do. A new study suggests that one such compound, previously linked to cancer, may serve as a bizarre weapon in microbial skirmishes. |
| Fate of the dinosaurs sealed in spring Posted: 23 Feb 2022 08:12 AM PST The asteroid that killed nearly all dinosaurs struck Earth during springtime. An international team of scientists have determined when the meteorite crashed onto the Earth, after analyzing the remains of fishes that died just after the impact. |
| Gene allowing humans to feel touch may play a role in sense of smell Posted: 23 Feb 2022 07:30 AM PST Researchers have determined that a gene linked to feeling touch may moonlight as an olfactory gene. That's the conclusion drawn from studying a very small, transparent worm that shares many similarities with the human nervous system. |
| Posted: 22 Feb 2022 10:54 AM PST It has long been known that oscillatory neural activity is a key factor for attentional selection in the mammalian brain. Scientists have now investigated how this works. They found that coupling lower frequencies of oscillations with higher ones allows fine-tuning the brain and is thus the basis for higher cognitive functions, such as selective attention. |
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