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The brain is an immensely complex structure, but there are ways we can divide up its anatomical structure into more discrete parts. One common divider is to separate the brain’s gray and white matter. But what are these two structures? How different are they from each other? How significant, and physiologically relevant, is this divide?

The UK has lost its measles-elimination status. New York have removed nonmedical exemptions from school vaccination requirements. Italy have made a number of vaccines mandatory. Here, we explore how global health authorities are tackling the issue of vaccine hesitancy as the number of measles cases continues to rise.

In February 2018, Russian nuclear scientists at the Federal Nuclear Center were arrested for using their supercomputer resources to mine crypto-currency. Previously, HPC security breaches like this tended to be few and far between. However, recent trends are increasing the vulnerabilities and threats faced by HPC systems. In this article, OCF's Mischa van Kesteren takes a look at the new threats facing HPC systems.

In this article we take a look at the relationship between angiogenesis and cancer, highlight the role of p38α in the regulation of angiogenesis, explore the existence of non-angiogenic tumors, and discuss the ways to therapeutically target angiogenesis.

Sickle cell disease is the most common inherited blood disorder in the US, affecting > 70,000 Americans. Christopher Vakulskas, Senior Staff Scientist, Integrated DNA Technologies discusses efforts to develop a sickle cell disease therapy using CRISPR gene editing.

Having strains and cell lines that have been checked and confirmed to be what it says on the tube is invaluable to scientific validity and integrity, saving untold time and money. We spoke to Mindy Goldsborough, Ph.D., Chief Science and Technology Officer, VP and General Manager, ATCC Cell Systems about the importance and challenges of maintaining authenticated cell lines for scientific research.

Dr. David Engelthaler, Associate Professor and Co-Director, Pathogen and Microbiome Division, TGen, tells us more about the development of a test which can detect resistance to TB drugs.

If an atom, or atoms, has a balanced number of electrons (negative charge) and protons (positive charge) they are neutral overall. However, if they are not balanced, they will be charged. These charged species are called ions.

At the British Neuroscience Association (BNA)’s Festival of Neuroscience in April 2019, we were lucky enough to sit down with some influential neuroscientists to discuss their work. We’ve assembled these transcripts into our BNA Interview Series. Here, we interview UCL's Essi Viding on the origins of psychopathy and antisocial behavior in the brain.

A recent study found that there are differences in metabolite concentrations in healthy humans and individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). We spoke with Ilia Kurochkin, research scientist at the Skoltech Center for Neurobiology and Brain Restoration (CNBR), to learn more about the study and how the results could aid the development of a diagnostic tool for ASD.