Tag: Lewis

  • Science & Tech

    Looking at lunglessness

    A recent study shows that a gene that produces surfactant protein c — a key protein for lung function — is expressed in the skin and mouths of lungless salamanders, suggesting it also plays an important role for cutaneous respiration.

    Desmognathus fuscus. That is one of the lungless salamanders featured in the study
  • Health

    Spotting speedy brain activity

    Using ultra-fast MRI scans, scientists are able to track rapid oscillations in brain activity that previously would have gone undetected, a development that could open the door to understanding fast-occurring cognitive processes that once appeared off-limits to scientists.