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The neural ‘time windows’ in certain small brain areas contribute to the complex cognitive symptoms of autism, new research suggests. In a brain imaging study of adults, the severity of autistic symptoms was linked to how long these brain areas stored information. The differences in neural timescales may underlie features of autism like hypersensitivity and could be useful as a future diagnostic tool.

Researchers have a new method to convert waste plastic bags into carbon chips that could be used as anodes for lithium-ion batteries.

For the first time ever, researchers are comprehensively sequencing the human immune system, which is billions of times larger than the human genome.

UNIGE researchers demonstrate the ease of some human pancreatic cells to make insulin. In diabetes, this type of cell conversion could compensate for the loss or dysfunction of cells that naturally produce this hormone.

Micro-computed tomography correlates with endpoint histology and was able to detect pre-malignant tumours in mice bearing lung lesions.

A new study indicates that the survey cohort are concerned about the negative impacts on their weight, relationships or lifestyle rather then warnings about an increased risk of cancer.

Old tires could get a second life as components of the roads they once traveled, now that polymer additives have been identified that increase the stability of asphalt rubber.

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in a horse's environment may play a role in the development of equine metabolic syndrome (EMS).

A team of researchers at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University and several collaborating institutions has created a drug-free, reversible antiplatelet therapy that employs deactivated "decoy" platelets that could reduce the risk of blood clots and potentially prevent cancer metastasis as well.

Using the measles virus vector; researchers have trimmed the multi-vector process with four reprogramming factors down to a single “one cycle” vector process.