Researchers have mapped and catalogued more than 70,000 synaptic connections from about 2,000 rat neurons, using a silicon chip capable of recording small yet telltale synaptic signals from a large ...

Harvard researchers have mapped and catalogued more than 70,000 synaptic connections from about 2,000 rat neurons, using a silicon chip capable of ...

The discovery opens up opportunities to study the therapeutic properties of ibogaine and related compounds. Ibogaine, a ...

When Xiao Wang applied to faculty jobs, many of the institutions where she interviewed thought her research proposal - to ...

A chemical messenger that carries signals across synapses, dopamine plays wide-ranging ... is still experimental. Although 12-step programs, cognitive therapy, and other psychotherapeutic ...

Researchers have used artificial intelligence (AI) to design brand-new enzymes that can go through multi-step reactions, a ...

Unfortunately, there isn't an enzyme for many reactions we would sorely like to catalyze—things like digesting plastics or ...

Interrupting signals exchanged between tumors and the nervous system could become a critical pillar of cancer care ...

The process of separating useful molecules from mixtures of other substances accounts for 15% of the nation's energy, emits ...

New research represents a notable step forward in designing enzymes from scratch. With their approach, the authors designed an enzyme that uses a covalent intermediate to catalyze a two-step reaction, ...

Researchers have identified the mitochondrial calcium uniporter as a critical protein in the strengthening of synaptic ...

They had met him, at his invitation, to plead their case about the need for urgent State intervention into the issues around chemical poisoning ... They fought me every step of the way, and ...