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Spooky Quantum Action Passes Test
Scientific American - 1 Dec 2018 16:00
Recent experiments quash the hope that the unsettling phenomenon of quantum entanglement can be explained away --
How Blockchain Is Changing Computer Gaming
Singularity Hub - 1 Dec 2018 17:00
Ripples of change are starting to spread throughout the $108.9 billion computer gaming industry, as blockchain technology looks set to change core aspects of games enjoyed by 2.2 billion people around the world. Better s...
In vitro cell culture findings could lead to novel interventions for Schizophrenia
Science Daily - 1 Dec 2018 00:50
A recent study has shown how using cultured cells from patients with psychotic disorders to investigate abnormalities in nerve connections in the brain could lead to new treatments.
Clues to brain changes in depression
Science Daily - 1 Dec 2018 01:02
In new pre-clinical research, scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM), led by Scott Thompson, PhD, Professor of Physiology, have identified changes in brain activity linked to the pleasure and...
The future of fighting cancer: Zapping tumors in less than a second
Science Daily - 1 Dec 2018 00:50
New accelerator-based technology aims to reduce the side effects of cancer radiation therapy by shrinking its duration from minutes to under a second. Built into future compact medical devices, technology developed for h...
Early Life Stress Hinders Neuron Development, Causing Attention Disorders: Mouse Study
Neuroscience News - 1 Dec 2018 22:31
Female mice who experienced early life stress developed problems and had fewer neurons in areas of the brain responsible for regulating emotions and making sense of rules, researchers report.
Resilience May Be Neurobiological
Neuroscience News - 1 Dec 2018 21:17
Individual differences in resting state connectivity may help explain why some people are more resilient to the effects of neighborhood violence than others.
Bigger Brains Are Smarter, But Not By Much
Neuroscience News - 1 Dec 2018 20:58
Neuroimaging information reveals a small but significant positive association between brain volume and cognitive performance.
Fox, 'Cosmos' Producers Investigate Sexual Misconduct Claims Against Host Neil deGrasse Tyson
Live Science - 1 Dec 2018 18:04Ice Age 'Unicorn' May Have Lived Alongside Modern Humans
Live Science - 1 Dec 2018 15:48NASA spacecraft OSIRIS-REx set to start mission at asteroid Bennu
New Scientist - 1 Dec 2018 14:00
The OSIRIS-REx mission is set to arrive at its destination, the asteroid Bennu, which gets dangerously close to Earth and may tell us about the early solar system
Princeton Physicists Design Light-Twisting Plasma Chamber
Physics Buzz - 1 Dec 2018 00:42
It was my first day at the cyclotron, and I stood in an underground lab area that smelled like sawdust and solder, sectioned off behind the heavy black vinyl of a laser safety curtain. I squinted at the chunky piece of g...