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MIT Scientists Use Optogenetics To Trigger REM Sleep In Mice
Genetics

MIT Scientists Use Optogenetics To Trigger REM Sleep In Mice

Medical

Scientists have genetically engineered muscles to move in response to pulses of light

Medical

Scientists Restore Sight In Blind Mice

Scientists create artificial link between unrelated memories
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists create artificial link between unrelated memories

Stretchable conductor can be folded 10,000 times without breaking
Robots and Machines

Stretchable conductor can be folded 10,000 times without breaking

First ever circularly polarized light detector could improve drug screening and surveillance
Robots and Machines

First ever circularly polarized light detector could improve drug screening and surveillance

Dog’s eye view: Cerebus allows handlers to see what a canine sees
Robot Dogs

Dog’s eye view: Cerebus allows handlers to see what a canine sees

Ultra-fast light-based storage chip can store data without power
Robots and Machines

Ultra-fast light-based storage chip can store data without power

NASA is developing a “space shotgun” for taking chunks out of asteroids
NASA

NASA is developing a “space shotgun” for taking chunks out of asteroids

The Marine Corps is testing Google’s all-terrain “Spot” robot
Google

The Marine Corps is testing Google’s all-terrain “Spot” robot

Researchers create needle-free patch for disease detection
Science & Energy

Researchers create needle-free patch for disease detection

This mitochondrial protein may help develop therapeutics for conditions like cancer
Science & Energy

This mitochondrial protein may help develop therapeutics for conditions like cancer

Scientists can use cellulose to build efficient and long-lasting energy storage devices
Devices

Scientists can use cellulose to build efficient and long-lasting energy storage devices

Astronomy Photo of the Day: 9/20/15 — Ganymede Waves Goodbye to Jupiter
From Quarks to Quasars

Astronomy Photo of the Day: 9/20/15 — Ganymede Waves Goodbye to Jupiter

Here’s a virtual quantum physics laboratory you can visit in your browser
Quantum Physics

Here’s a virtual quantum physics laboratory you can visit in your browser

Scientists discover a new drug approach that could curb antibiotic resistance
Science & Energy

Scientists discover a new drug approach that could curb antibiotic resistance

The closest black holes discovered by astronomers will collide after 100,000 years
Black Holes

The closest black holes discovered by astronomers will collide after 100,000 years

Scientists release the first draft of the “tree of life” of 2.3 million species
Science & Energy

Scientists release the first draft of the “tree of life” of 2.3 million species

Scientists can create THC from genetically modified yeast
Future Society

Scientists can create THC from genetically modified yeast

Astronomy Photo of the Day: 9/19/15 — PGC 198197
From Quarks to Quasars

Astronomy Photo of the Day: 9/19/15 — PGC 198197