Research Feature
Does social stress make us more forgetful?
Recent findings show that negative or positive social environments stimulate a protein that temporarily makes some memories harder or easier to access.
Dengue and Zika viruses make their victims smell appealing to mosquitoes
These viruses alter a host’s skin microbiota to produce a mosquito-attracting molecule. A vitamin A supplement can reverse the effect.
Antibodies show potential to boost fertility for women with ovarian failure
Antibodies show potential to boost fertility for women with ovarian failure
Electronic rotating ‘neurons’ offer brain-like computing
A prototype computer that mimics the analog physical computational dynamics of the brain could lead to more efficient and more powerful problem-solving platforms.
Picturing the van der Waals forces involved in emissions reduction
?A new atomic-scale pointer reveals the subtler molecular interactions at play during catalysis.