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3D CLARITY image shows neural connections from the prefrontal cortex across an entire transparent mouse brain. (Image credit: Li Ye and Karl Deisseroth) 3D CLARITY image shows neural connections from the prefrontal cortex across an entire transparent mouse brain. (Image credit: Li Ye and Karl Deisseroth)

Stanford research shows that different brain cells process positive and negative experiences

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Combining two cutting-edge techniques reveals that neurons in the prefrontal cortex are built to respond to reward or aversion, a finding with implications for treating mental illness and addictions.
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The Joint Initiative for Metrology in Biology unites academic, government and industrial researchers in an effort to spur the already booming bio-economy by providing useful definitions of the equivalent of weights and measures for the molecular products and processes made possible by genomics and genetic engineering. The Joint Initiative for Metrology in Biology unites academic, government and industrial researchers in an effort to spur the already booming bio-economy by providing useful definitions of the equivalent of weights and measures for the molecular products and processes made possible by genomics and genetic engineering.

Stanford-NIST collaboration aims to give the bio-economy a big boost by measuring tiny things

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Composite image of the gravitational lens SDP.81 showing the distorted image of the more distant galaxy (red arcs) and the nearby lensing galaxy (blue center object). By analyzing the distortions in the ring, astronomers have determined that a dark dwarf galaxy (data indicated by white dot near left lower arc segment) is lurking nearly 4 billion light-years away. (Image credit: Y. Hezaveh; ALMA) Composite image of the gravitational lens SDP.81 showing the distorted image of the more distant galaxy (red arcs) and the nearby lensing galaxy (blue center object). By analyzing the distortions in the ring, astronomers have determined that a dark dwarf galaxy (data indicated by white dot near left lower arc segment) is lurking nearly 4 billion light-years away. (Image credit: Y. Hezaveh; ALMA)

Stanford physicists help discover hidden dwarf dark galaxy

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The discovery supports a powerful tool for discovering galaxies that are otherwise too distant to observe, and could lead to advances that improve our understanding of dark matter.
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Stanford launches major effort to expedite vaccine discovery with $50 million grant

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Stanford University today announced that it has received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to accelerate efforts in vaccine development. The $50 million grant over 10 years will build on existing technology developed at Stanford and housed in the Human Immune Monitoring Core, and will establish the Stanford Human Systems Immunology Center. The center aims to better understand how the immune…
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Manish Butte and colleagues in engineering have developd a way to rapidly map cells by making a major advancement in atomic force microscopy, a technology invented at Stanford. (Photo: Norbert von der Groeben) Manish Butte and colleagues in engineering have developd a way to rapidly map cells by making a major advancement in atomic force microscopy, a technology invented at Stanford. (Photo: Norbert von der Groeben)

New microscopy technique maps mechanical properties of living cells

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A new microscope could provide unique insights into treating immune disorders and cancer. Stanford News reports on a collaboration of pediatric immunology and electrical engineering researchers which has developed a microscope that can rapidly measure the mechanical properties of cells at the nanometer scale.
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