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06/01/2017
Brain’s Immune Cells Linked To Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Schizophrenia

Salk and UC San Diego scientists conducted vast microglia survey, revealing links to neurodegenerative diseases and psychiatric illnesses.

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06/01/2017
LIGO Detects Merging Black Holes for Third Time

Nearly 3 billion light years from Earth, the black holes are the farthest ever detected.

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05/30/2017
Dutch Researchers Join Forces To Build Synthetic Cell

The research programme will cost more than € 25 million in total.

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05/26/2017
New Brain Mapping Tool Produces Higher Resolution Data During Brain Surgery

The device could enable doctors to perform safer, more precise brain surgeries.

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05/23/2017
How the Brain Turns Down the Volume on Your Noisy Body

A Q&A with Nathaniel Sawtell about the brain's ability to distinguish ‘self’ from ‘other’. 

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05/23/2017
Scientists Identify a Neural Circuit That Rotates a Fly’s Internal Compass

The compass signal in the fly brain bears a strong resemblance to the navigation system in rats.

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05/19/2017
Newly Discovered Brain Network Offers Clues to Social Cognition

Study investigated the origins of our ability to understand what other people are thinking. 

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05/19/2017
World’s Most Sensitive Dark Matter Detector Releases First Results

UChicago scientists part of international XENON collaboration.

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05/17/2017
Opioid Receptors: A New Target for Antidepressants?

The antidepressant tianeptine works via the mu opioid receptor, like morphine, and also relieves pain.

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05/11/2017
Fermi Satellite Observes Billionth Gamma Ray with LAT Instrument

Spacecraft’s gamma-ray vision provides revolutionary views of the extreme universe.

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