Herculaneum, which appears today. Image: Pierre Paolo Patron The catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000,000 years ago is famous for rescuing many of its victims in volcanic ash. New research suggests that this defense extends to the cellular level, due to the apparent detection of neurons in a victim …
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In addition to responding to electrical and chemical stimuli, many of the body’s neural cells can also respond to mechanical effects, such as pressure or vibration. But these responses have been more difficult for researchers to study because there has been no easily controllable method of inducing such mechanical stimulation …
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