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Zapping your nerves to jumpstart the blood clotting process
A Mysterious Nerve Condition Paralyzed Half My Face
I’d never heard of Bell’s Palsy until I got it
New Painkiller Soothes The Nerves That Sense Hot Chile Peppers
The same receptors also detect pain from heat, strong acids, and inflammation. Is that why habaneros taste like burning?
Scientists Regrow Severed Spinal Cords In Rats
Neuroscientists surgically and chemically reconnect rats' severed spinal cords, recovering the rats' bladder control.
Scientists Put A Working Eyeball On A Tadpole’s Tail
It turns out we seriously underestimated the central nervous system.
Iraq Veteran Will Be First to Get Adult Stem Cell Treatment for Spinal Cord Injury in FDA Trial
Last week, the FDA gave biotech firm Geron the green light to proceed with clinical trials of an embryonic stem...
Can Plants Think?
In a new study, scientists have found a cabbage relative capable of remembering and responding to information
Processing Beauty
Open source goes highbrow with an algorithmically generated jewelry line that mimics nature
