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First real-time imaging of neural activity invented

November 24, 2015 A series of images from a Duke engineering experiment show voltage spreading through a fruitfly neuron over a matter of just 4 milliseconds, a hundred times faster than the blink of an eye. The technology can see impulses as fleeting as 0.2 millisecond — 2000 times faster than a...

As citrus disease spreads, government cryopreserves tree roots

Cryopreservation in action. Cryonics may never bring slugger Ted Williams back to life, but federal scientists hope that freezing the tips of tree roots could help save America’s $3.4 billion citrus-growing industry. Unlike the famous baseball player, who was frozen after he died in 2002 (with his...