Neuroscience

1+ hour, 44+ min ago   (1275+ words) Earlier in this series I killed a brain and the memory lived through it. Then I dropped that memory into a fresh brain, and the fresh brain woke up believing a life it never lived. Creepy. Useful. One brain, one…...

9+ hour, 55+ min ago   (551+ words) Now, a study published in Nature by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, overturns this model. By growing stem-cell-derived human brain organoids for up to a year, the team discovered that hyperreactive astrocytes, the star-shaped glial cells that support…...

8+ hour, 46+ min ago   (1355+ words) A remarkable study led by Stanford Medicine in the United States has found the brain is two separate organs adjacent to one another, a finding which could aid research into devastating neurological diseases, the researchers say. For centuries, scientists have…...

3+ hour, 40+ min ago   (243+ words) Greater Kashmir As Srinagar expands into historical floodplains and lacustrine beds, the valley’s geological past offers an urgent reminder: water does not recognize the boundaries of human development. In the human sense, a river has no memory. Nature does. Today,…...

6+ hour, 36+ min ago   (473+ words) Mobile phone use during class has been banned in many schools for distracting students and teachers alike. Another… Some people have dedicated their lives to protecting endangered rare animals. In Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, a group of… One doesn’t have to…...

3+ hour, 20+ min ago   (590+ words) At 09:13 on a morning in early August, a set of heavy double doors swung open in Cologne. Six people stepped back into a world that had carried on entirely without them. They had been inside for 100 days. No daylight, no…...

6+ hour, 9+ min ago   (428+ words) The study offers new insight into how genetic changes affect the structure of the human cortex, a brain region important for thinking and memory. Why do human brains vary in size and shape, and how did our brains expand over…...

6+ hour, 21+ min ago   (363+ words) For decades neuroanatomists believed that the brain developed as a single organ from embryonic cells that were all similar to each other. Now, researchers at Stanford have uncovered evidence that the brain actually develops from two distinct populations of nerve…...

9+ hour, 18+ min ago   (563+ words) Source: University of California San Diego Yet, the precise neural mechanisms through which individual brains detect, process, and propagate social flight cues have remained an enduring mystery. In a study published in Nature, neurobiologists at the University of California San…...

9+ hour, 41+ min ago   (741+ words) Source: EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) The human brain is frequently described in terms of its cellular architecture and electrical wiring, the complex network of neurons and synapses. However, much of the brain’s physical structure is actually made of…...