New York University researchers have isolated neural activity that reflects basic mechanisms used by the brain to combine elementary pieces of language in order to construct complex ideas.
The study, which appears in the Journal of Neuroscience, w…
New York University researchers have developed a method to shape solid materials using a corn starch solution. The process, devised by researchers in NYU’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Department of Physics, offers a potential tech…
Researchers at New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences have developed a novel algebraic model of DNA “hybridization,” a process central to most biotechnology devices that monitor changes in cell’s gene expression or charact…
Researchers at New York University’s Center for Neural Science have identified a new neurological deficit behind amblyopia, or “lazy eye.” Their findings, which appear in the most recent issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, shed additional light on…
Researchers at New York University have developed an innovative way to look at the development of osteoarthritis in the knee joint — one that relies on the examination of sodium ions in cartilage. Their work, which appears in the Journal of…
In a new study, NYU School of Medicine researchers have found what may be an Achilles’ heel of deadly anthrax — a system that the bacteria use to communicate their presence to others of their kind. The researchers, Martin Blaser, M.D., the Frederick King Professor and Chairman of the Department of Medicine, and Professor of Microbiology and graduate student Marcus Jones, describe a “quorum-sensing system” in anthrax that is a type of bacterial “calling card.” Disrupting this system may open new avenues to prevention and treatment of anthrax, says Dr. Blaser.