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Neuron Communication Channels Recorded Live Experts studying the human brain have for a long time known that neurons communicate with each other through vesicles no more than a couple of hundred nanometers wide. These vessels transport neurotransmitter molecules, which, when they bind to a neuron, release a series of chemicals that are picked up by the next ne... 6 August 2009 20:21 GMT Cellular 'Position Lights' Made from Nanoparticles In a groundbreaking, new study conducted at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, German researchers have set the basis for understanding how nanoparticles appear in nature. The work has also yielded cadmium sulphide particles coated in membrane bubbles at the microscopic scale, to be used as &ldqu... 27 June 2009 07:08 GMT