Myths about the brain are common among teachers worldwide and are hampering teaching, according to new research published today [15 October].
Social Sciences
Oct 16, 2014
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Engineering researchers the University of Southern California have made a significant breakthrough in the use of nanotechnologies for the construction of a synthetic brain. They have built a carbon nanotube synapse circuit ...
Bio & Medicine
Apr 21, 2011
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A new study by the University of Barcelona could drive the design of future strategies to regenerate damaged brain areas in neurodegenerative diseases. The study emphasizes the role of neuron-derived extracellular vesicles ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 4, 2023
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Depending on age, humans need 7 to 13 hours of sleep per 24 hours. During this time, a lot happens: Heart rate, breathing and metabolism ebb and flow; hormone levels adjust; the body relaxes. Not so much in the brain.
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 18, 2022
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The human brain holds the secret to our unique personalities. But did you know that it can also form the basis of highly efficient computing devices? Researchers from Nagoya University, Japan, recently showed how to do this, ...
Nanophysics
Aug 3, 2021
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Genetic mechanisms that govern brain plasticity—the brain's ability to change and adapt—have been uncovered by researchers at the University of Birmingham.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 18, 2020
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How dangerous are micro- and nanoplastics? Do they affect the environment? What harm can they do to our bodies? Questions that we can now finally answer because of Fazel Abdolahpur Monikh. Together with his colleagues, he ...
Environment
Oct 17, 2019
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A research group from Tohoku University has developed spintronics devices which are promising for future energy-efficient and adoptive computing systems, as they behave like neurons and synapses in the human brain.
Nanophysics
Apr 17, 2019
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Tiny plastic particles present a threat to creatures on land, and may have damaging effects similar or even more problematic than in our oceans. Researchers from the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries ...
Environment
Feb 5, 2018
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Calculations have shown that 10 per cent of all plastic produced around the world ultimately ends up in the oceans. As a result, a large majority of global marine debris is in fact plastic waste. Human production of plastics ...
Environment
Sep 25, 2017
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