Researchers at RIKEN have developed a computing device that utilizes tiny magnetic swirls, known as skyrmions, to recognize handwritten numbers in a breakthrough in neuromorphic computing that spotlights the potential of magnetic whirlpools for creating low-energy computing systems inspired by the brain.
A study of mice watching movies shows our brain cells rely on a circuit of inhibitory neurons to help ensure that the same images are represented consistently.
Neuroscientists at MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital develop a statistical framework that describes brain-state changes patients experience under ketamine-induced anesthesia.
Exploring diversity among bacterial immune systems, McGovern Institute scientists uncovere a programmable system for precisely targeting and modifying RNA.
By temporarily suspending retinal activity in the non-amblyopic eye of animal models, neuroscientists restrengthen the visual response in the "lazy" eye, even at ages after the critical period when patch therapy fails.
As the COVID-19 global epidemic persists, misinformation continues to circulate widely.
University of Exeter scientists have discovered new information about the tiny propellers used by single-cell organisms called archaea.
New research discovered that the fungus Rhizopus fights back against soil predators and human immune cells by partnering with a bacteria called Ralstonia in a two way partnership.
Vaccinating against certain proteins found on cancer cells could help to enhance the T cell response to tumors.
“Sunset clauses” should be introduced into relevant legislation to limit the use of coronavirus certificates to just the current pandemic and not beyond, a study warns.
Monkeys that survived a major hurricane show signs of "accelerated ageing", according to new research.
Researchers find RNA-guided enzymes are more diverse and widespread than previously believed.
New property in an ultrathin cousin of graphene could allow for much denser computer memory.
The results provide a blueprint for finding such systems in the universe’s quieter, emptier regions.
The new carbon-based material could be a basis for lighter, tougher alternatives to Kevlar and steel.
DOPAMINE A team of researchers at the University of Copenhagen has discovered a new piece in the puzzle of the brain’s ‘feel good’ substance, dopamine. According to one of the researchers behind the new study, the discovery may facilitate the development of drugs for i.e. cocaine addiction and ADHD and is most likely to change the general notion of how dopamine is removed from the brain.
MIT group shows xylem tissue in sapwood can filter bacteria from contaminated water.
DENISOVANS The Denisovans not only lived in Siberia and the Himalayas, a new study reveals. The extinct human race had a rare ability to adapt to extreme climates.
Lower ambient temperature (Ta) requires greater energy expenditure to sustain body temperature.
Great-tailed Grackles (Quiscalus mexicanus) are a social, polygamous bird species whose populations have rapidly expanded their geographic range across North America over the past century.