Search results for mirror neurons

Ecology Jun 6, 2018

Decoding the honeybee dance could lead to healthier hives

Unravelling one of the most elaborate forms of non-human communication – the honeybee's waggle dance – could help researchers better understand insect brains and make farming more environmentally friendly.

Biotechnology Apr 26, 2018

Scientists reveal the genetic roadmap to building an entire organism from a single cell

Whether a worm, a human or a blue whale, all multicellular life begins as a single-celled egg.

Plants & Animals Mar 29, 2018

Monkeys' brains synchronize as they collaborate to perform a motor task

Though their purpose and function are still largely unknown, mirror neurons in the brain are believed by some neuroscientists to be central to how humans relate to each other. Deficiencies in mirror neurons might also play ...

Optics & Photonics Mar 26, 2018

Ultrathin endoscope captures neurons firing deep in the brain

Researchers have developed an endoscope as thin as a human hair that can image the activity of neurons in the brains of living mice. Because it is so thin, the endoscope can reach deep into the brain, giving researchers access ...

Cell & Microbiology Jan 16, 2018

Memory gene goes viral

Two independent teams of scientists from the University of Utah and the University of Massachusetts Medical School have discovered that a gene crucial for learning, called Arc, can send its genetic material from one neuron ...

Biochemistry Nov 13, 2017

Researchers identify the inner workings of cellular calcium pumps

For the first time, researchers have observed the ion pumps that activate cell transport and signal systems. This ensures the function of biomolecular mechanisms.

Optics & Photonics Nov 13, 2017

Mirror image: Researchers create higher-quality pictures of biospecimens

Researchers from the National Institutes of Health and the University of Chicago improved the speed, resolution, and light efficiency of an optical microscope by switching from a conventional glass coverslip to a reflective, ...

Ecology Sep 5, 2017

Why aren't Britons more outraged about eating chlorinated chicken?

Like a B-movie for a post-Brexit era, consumers in Britain may soon be unwillingly cast in the 2019 blockbuster, Attack of the Chlorine Chickens. If news headlines are to be believed, flocks of toxic fowl are waiting to storm ...

Optics & Photonics Aug 15, 2017

Pure optical detection of spikes for the ultimate brain machine interface

(Phys.org)—Brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) are basically gimmicks. The reason you don't hear so much about them these days is because, in the fullness of time, significant tangible benefit to a user has flat out failed to ...

Ecology Aug 14, 2017

Why aren't we more outraged about eating chicken?

Like a B-movie for a post-Brexit era, consumers in Britain may soon be unwillingly cast in the 2019 blockbuster, Attack of the Chlorine Chickens. If news headlines are to be believed, flocks of toxic fowl are waiting to storm ...

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