March 2, 2013
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Science
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Brain cells can live at least twice as long as the organisms in which they reside, according to new research.
The study, published today (Feb. 25) in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that mouse neurons, or brain cells, implanted into rats can survive with the rats into old age, twice as long as the life span of the original mice.
The findings are good news for life extension enthusiasts.
“We are slowly but continuously prolonging the life of humans,” said study co-author Dr. Lorenzo Magrassi, a neurosurgeon at the University of Pavia in Italy.
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Mouse neurons implanted into a rat brain can live twice as long as the mice from which they were taken, new research suggests.
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March 2, 2013
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Alternative Fuel, amazon, aviation, Barack Obama, Biochemistry, Biofuel, biology, business, Cara Santa Maria, chemistry, climate, Directed Evolution, Dna, energy, engineer proteins, Environment, evolution, Frances Arnold, Future, Gas & Oil, Hotels, huffingtonpost, Isobutanol, Microorganisms, polluted planet, research, revolutionary production, Science, Science News, Slideshow, Talk Nerdy To Me, technology, Technology News, transportation, travel, vacation, Video, Yeast
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“Directed evolution” may save our polluted planet. At least, chemical engineer Dr. Frances Arnold sees it that way.
The recent National Medal of Technology and Innovation recipient is credited with pioneering the technique of directed evolution, a method used to engineer proteins or evolve certain organisms, leading to the revolutionary production of renewable fuels and chemicals, among other results.
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February 25, 2013
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Sticking a blade down your throat might not be the safest thing to do, that’s for sure. But as the world marked the seventh annual World Sword Swallower’s Day on Saturday, Feb. 23, one high-profile practitioner of the ancient performance art took pains to point out that sword swallowing was more than a dangerous stunt.
“Most people don’t realize the contributions sword swallowers have made to the fields of science and medicine over the past 150 years,” Dan Mayer, president of Sword Swallowers Association International, said in a statement posted on the group’s website.
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February 20, 2013
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In what some are calling a bionic hand breakthrough, scientists in Switzerland reported the development of a “smart” artificial hand that lets amputees feel what they’re touching or holding.
The experimental prosthesis connects directly to an amputee’s nervous system, providing realistic sensory feedback — giving amputees “dexterity and the sensation of touch,” according to a written statement.
“We could be on the cusp of providing new and more effective clinical solutions to amputees in the next years,” lead researcher Dr. Silvestro Micera, head of the Translational Neural Engineering Laboratory at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale in Lausanne, said in the statement.
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In what some are calling a bionic hand breakthrough, scientists in Switzerland reported the development of a “smart” artificial hand that lets amputees feel what they’re touching or holding.
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February 5, 2013
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amp, article requests, biology, brains, business, climate, connectome, Connectome Q&A, connectomics, consciousness, evolution, Facebook, first-ever official Connectome Q&A, Future, imaging, incoming questions, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, queries, research, Science, Science News, technology, Technology News, travel, Twitter, vacation
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As promised, here’s the first-ever official Connectome Q&A! We’ve been getting lots of incoming questions on our Facebook and Twitter pages – some of them on the technical side; others of the more “general interest” variety. Most of these questions require pretty involved answers – and it’s important to me that each of them gets the full treatment it deserves.
So for today’s Q&A, I’ve decided to focus on just one question. That doesn’t mean we’ve forgotten the others, though – we keep everything archived, and we’ll be doing plenty more Q&As in the future. So keep sending those neuroscience queries and article requests our way.
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November 7, 2012
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Brown tree snakes in Guam have wildlife officials there seeing red. That’s why the officials are air-dropping poisoned mice as a lethal treat for the mildly venomous serpents, an invasive species that has devastated native animal populations on the Pacific island, the BBC reported.
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September 7, 2012
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Many deep-sea squid dispel an ink cloud to flee a predator, but one species goes a step farther: It ensures a getaway by counterattacking and then ditching the tips of its arms. These detached bits can continue to twitch and emit bioluminescent light—likely providing a vital distraction. By catching this strange maneuver on camera, scientists have established Octopoteuthis deletron as the only known squid to drop portions of its arms in self-defense, much as lizards drop their tails before escaping.
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An Octopoteuthis deletron squid abandoned
its arms in self-defense after it alighted on a
bottle brush left out by biologists.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/31/squid-detach-arms-octopoteuthis_n_1725772.html
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April 15, 2012
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'hybrid' human brain, biology, electronic chips, electronics, fuses electronics with biology, human memory chip, hybrid brain, Mira Marcus-Kalish, Professor Matti Mintz, stroke victims, Tel Aviv University
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Professor Matti Mintz fuses electronics with biology, developing electronic chips that can work alongside the animal brain.
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