News articles tagged with 'neurone' (Page 65)
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New anaesthesia method using chilli peppers compound
— 3 Oct 2007 20:37 | BiologyScientists have combined a normally inactive lidocaine derivative with capsaicin, the 'heat'-generating ingredient in chilli peppers, to produce pain-specific local anaesthesia. When…
Do migratory birds see the magnetic field?
— 26 Sep 2007 05:22 | BiologyEvery year millions of migratory birds fly towards their wintering quarters and come back in next year's spring to breed. Behavioural experiments have shown that the Earth's magnetic…
Location, location - Cell sizes, lives influenced by host size
— 8 Mar 2007 20:10 | BiologyCells from the smallest to the largest of mammals often seem to be one size fits all. Now a closer look reveals that whether a cell lives in an elephant, mouse or something in between…