Materials Science
Mar 3, 2020
Team sheds new light on design of inorganic materials for brain-like computing
Ever wish your computer could think like you do or perhaps even understand you?
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Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 22, 2020
Surprise discovery shakes up our understanding of gene expression
A group of University of Chicago scientists has uncovered a previously unknown way that our genes are made into reality.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 16, 2020
Researchers decode the circuitry of neuromuscular organoids
The Gouti lab from the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) has developed functional neuromuscular organoids (NMOs) that self-organize into spinal cord neurons and muscle tissue. Together, ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 27, 2019
High-speed microscope illuminates biology at the speed of life
The Columbia team behind the revolutionary 3-D SCAPE microscope announces today a new version of this high-speed imaging technology. In collaboration with scientists from around the world, they used SCAPE 2.0 to reveal previously ...
Optics & Photonics
May 21, 2019
New ultra-fast imaging technology with high frame rate and frame number
Acquiring images of ultrafast processes is a technology vitally needed for many cutting-edge physical, chemical, and biological studies. The latest research conducted by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) and Xi'an Jiaotong ...
Other
May 17, 2019
'The Big Bang Theory' finale: Sheldon and Amy's fictional physics parallels real science
After 12 successful seasons, "The Big Bang Theory" has finally come to a fulfilling end, concluding its reign as the longest running multicamera sitcom on TV.
Biochemistry
Apr 26, 2019
Fitting a right hand in a left-handed mitten
Many biomolecules come in two versions that are each other's mirror image, like a left and a right hand. Cells generally use the left-hand version of amino acids to produce proteins, and uptake mechanisms were thought to ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 24, 2019
In order to recognize spatial structures, bat echolocation uses similar cues as our sense of sight
The sonar system of bats exploits spatial information in a way similar to our sense of sight, despite the different anatomy of eyes and ears. In a new study, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Seewiesen ...
Evolution
Apr 8, 2019
New model explains origins of empathy
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute and the Santa Fe Institute have developed a new model to explain the evolutionary origins of empathy and other related phenomena, such as emotional contagion and contagious yawning. ...
Archaeology
Mar 4, 2019
How did reading and writing evolve? Neuroscience gives a clue
The part of the brain that processes visual information, the visual cortex, evolved over the course of millions of years in a world where reading and writing didn't exist. So it's long been a mystery how these skills could ...
