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Nerve-Cell Communication Mystery Unraveled Scientists at the University of Copenhagen have recently been able to gain new insight into the mystery that surrounds the methods nerve cells use to communicate with each other. This type of interaction between neurons and axons is crucial for the human body. Electrical signals sent by the brain travel along these n... 23 December 2009 04:55 GMT 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