Cross my bugs with silver Bacteria that make neat silver crystals might, one day, be harnessed in the manufacture of nanoscale electronic devices, reports Henry Gee. There is an experimental treatment for Parkinson's disease that involves transplanting cells into the brain. A new imaging technique shows that these cells can keep working for up to ten years. A spoonful of sugar helps the memory go down New research lends even more weight to the theory that humans may share mechanisms of memory formation with the humble honeybee, reports Rachel Smyly. A quick look at our genomes shows that we have, in some respects, more in common with chickens than with our fellow mammal, the mouse.
New research suggests that they use a built-in compass to find the way.
Pegging out haemophilia New information on the structure of two proteins sheds light on the complex process of blood clotting, and how it can fail. Once again form dictates function, says Christopher Surridge. Henry Gee reports.