Photo yourself standing at the edge of a roadway, attempting to determine if it's secure to go across. It's nighttime, and rainfall is dropping, making it tough to see what's up in advance. After looking at both means, you step onto the roadway. However, what if this was an inadequate option? Maybe you've misjudged the...
A micrograph showing a labeled astrocyte. Yukiko Goda and her team have demonstrated how astrocytes play a prominent part in tuning the changes in neuronal activity that enable memory formation. Credit: RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Thomas Chater Better learning and longer memories RIKEN neuroscientists have identified an intriguing system for how neuronal activity in mice...
Credit: University of Cambridge Scientists have developed self-healing, biodegradable, 3D-printed materials that could be used to develop realistic artificial hands and other soft robotics applications. The low-cost jelly-like materials, developed by scientists at the University of Cambridge, can sense strain, temperature, and humidity. Furthermore, unlike earlier self-healing robots, they can additionally partially repair themselves at room...
Study reveals that the speed of cognitive information processing stays exceptionally stable over decades Mental speed-- the speed at which we can manage problems needing quick decision-making-- does not change significantly over the years. Psychologists at Heidelberg University came to this conclusion under the leadership of Dr. Mischa von Krause and Dr. Stefan Radev. They...
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust runs the Queen's Medical Centre and Nottingham City Hospital. Credit: LDRS Seventy families have agreed to take part in an independent evaluation of maternity services at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust (NUH). The review's goal is to "drive rapid improvements in maternity services. An examination discovered 46 newborns with brain injury and...
A quark gluon plasma after the collision of two heavy nuclei. Credit: TU Wien Can machine learning be used to reveal the secrets of the quark-gluon plasma? Yes, it can. However, only with advanced new methods. It can hardly be more complicated. Little particles whir around wildly with extremely high energy, many interactions happen in the...
Credit: Natural History Museum, construction by the Kennis brothers. Homo Sapiens and Neanderthals Mating Across Groups Homo Sapiens and Neanderthals Mating Across Groups seem to be a new scientific discovery. Proof that cross-continental Stone Age networking occasions powered human evolution increased in 2021. Homo Sapiens may not have eliminated Neanderthals A long-lasting argument that Homo sapiens originated...
Quantifying electric fields in semiconductor devices: The schematic shows electric field distribution in the channel of a GaN transistor; laser beams highlight the second harmonic generation (SHG) nature of the technique. credit: Yuke Cao Power-saving electronics are becoming increasingly important in the quest for a carbon-neutral world. Advancements in this technology are making it possible...
Scientists at the UAB and the UniZar have detected a human peptide located in the brain that prevents the α-synuclein aggregates associated with Parkinson's disease and helps prevent their neurotoxicity. The research released in Nature Communications suggests that this may be one of the organism's natural systems to combat aggregation. The learning might help...
The Journal of Philosophical Logic offers a platform for work at the nexus of philosophy and logic. Credit: iStock/ pexels With contributions spanning from conceptual to technical, the Journal of Philosophical Logic offers a platform for work at the nexus of philosophy and logic, both new and old. As a result, the Journal...
