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eLife episode 21: Tinnitus and Mouse Ultrasound - 15.06.24
Tinnitus, hyperacusis, salamanders, chemical harpoons and the role of ultrasound ...
Tinnitus, hyperacusis, salamanders, chemical harpoons and the role of ultrasound and song in the mating rituals of mice and flies go under the microcope in this edition of the eLife Podcast....
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PPI's Increase Heart Attack Risk - 15.06.23
One of the world's most widely-used classes of drugs could ...
One of the world's most widely-used classes of drugs could significantly increase your risk of suffering a heart attack; that's according to a new study by researchers at Stanford University, in California and published in PloS One this week. Nick Le...
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Hawkmoths Shadowy Existence Uncovered - 15.06.22
Hawkmoths live a shadowy existence; they stick their tongues down ...
Hawkmoths live a shadowy existence; they stick their tongues down the flowers' neck, all the while being tossed about in the wind. And as if that wasn't enough, they do it all in the pitch black. With tiny brains and even tinier eyes - they seem to d...
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75 million year-old Dinosaur Cells found - 15.06.22
While Jurassic World may be wowing the crowds at the ...
While Jurassic World may be wowing the crowds at the cinema, a new study from researchers at Imperial College has been making waves in the world of real-life dinosaurs. Although scientists have previously found evidence for soft tissues, such as bloo...
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Self-unrolling Brain Implant - 15.06.22
Scientists in the US have developed a new brain implant ...
Scientists in the US have developed a new brain implant that can be used to record information from nerve cells, and also to transmit signals into the nervous system, to stimulate parts of the brain. Unlike existing electrode devices, which can trigg...
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Exploring Saturn's Newest Ring - 15.06.15
Saturn is one of the most well-known planets in the ...
Saturn is one of the most well-known planets in the solar system, perhaps owing to its distinctive set of rings. The largest of these rings, the H-ring, was only discovered as recently as 2009 and cannot be seen from Earth. Now, using images taken by...
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Coffee staves off depression - 15.06.12
Coffee is an essential part of life for many of ...
Coffee is an essential part of life for many of us, but could it help to cut depression? ...
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Ending Earthquakes With Water - 15.06.12
Earthquakes occur at faults, or fractures, in the Earth's crust ...
Earthquakes occur at faults, or fractures, in the Earth's crust - where two big slabs of rock meet. Movement under the surface tries to push the rocks past each other but the rough edges get stuck together until enough stress builds up to jerk them p...
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Sequencing Schizophrenia - 15.06.05
The specific genes that cause schizophrenic symptoms have been found ...
The specific genes that cause schizophrenic symptoms have been found by researchers at Cardiff University. A huge study of the DNA of over 10,000 schizophrenics and 15,000 controls helped identified the genes involved, and determine that they are in ...
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eLife episode 20: Do newborns feel pain? - 15.05.19
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about ...
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about echolocation, bacteriophages, babies and pain, a neural code for food abundance, and how zebrafish can make their own sunscreen....
