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Building Artificial Neurons With Mathematics
Neuroscience News - 7 Apr 2022 01:40
Using algebraic topography, researchers have created an algorithm that requires only a few examples to generate a large number of unique cells.
Electronic Implant Reactivates Spinal-Cord Nerves of a Patient With Neurodegenerative Disease
Neuroscience News - 7 Apr 2022 01:19
An innovative new system that includes electronic implants directly onto the spinal cord reactivates neurons that control blood pressure, allowing a patient with multiple system atrophy-parkinsonian type (MSA-P) to retai...
What Makes Brain Cells Develop in a Specific Order?
Neuroscience News - 7 Apr 2022 00:49
Study identified a complete series of ten factors that regulate the development of neurons in a fly's visual system, shedding light on the order in which these neurons develop.
The Format of Working Memory
Neuroscience News - 7 Apr 2022 23:49
Researchers have identified how working memory is formatted, revealing visual memory can be flexible.
Recalled Experiences Surrounding Death: More Than Hallucinations?
Neuroscience News - 7 Apr 2022 23:27
Due to advances in resuscitation and critical care, many people are surviving near-death experiences. Survivors' recalled experiences are not consistent with hallucinations, but instead, follow a specific narrative arc i...
Genetic Link Between Childhood and Adult Anxiety and Depression
Neuroscience News - 7 Apr 2022 22:50
Genetic factors are responsible for childhood anxiety and depression that persists during adulthood.
Kisspeptin: A new drug to treat liver disease?
Science Daily - 7 Apr 2022 22:19
A hormone that triggers puberty and controls fertility in humans might be developed as a treatment for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, according to new Rutgers research.
Rat pups born from sperm artificially produced from stem cells
New Scientist - 7 Apr 2022 21:00
Rat sperm cells derived from stem cells in the lab were used to fertilise eggs and produce healthy offspring for the first time in a procedure that could be used in conservation
Particle physics could be rewritten after shock W boson measurement
New Scientist - 7 Apr 2022 21:00
The standard model of particle physics has stood the test of time for decades, but now a new measurement of a particle called the W boson could indicate a chink in its armour
Researchers develop glass-in-glass fabrication approach for making miniature IR optics
Phys.org - 7 Apr 2022 20:42
Researchers have developed a new fabrication process that allows infrared (IR) glass to be combined with another glass and formed into complex miniature shapes. The technique can be used to create complex infrared optics...
An immune 'fingerprint' reveals path for better treatment of autoimmune diseases
Science Daily - 7 Apr 2022 20:19
Most autoimmune diseases are easy to diagnose but hard to treat. A new article proposes using your unique immune cell fingerprint to rapidly identify which treatments will work for your autoimmune disease.
Cell biology: How mitochondria report stress
Science Daily - 7 Apr 2022 20:19
Researchers have discovered the mechanism by which the protein DELE1 detects organelle stress. This offers a possible new approach for treating neurodegenerative diseases.
The role of genes in prenatal responses to air pollution
Science Daily - 7 Apr 2022 20:19
Exposure to pollution during pregnancy can have many adverse effects in infants and children that can even extend into adulthood. For example, air pollution exposure is associated with increased risk of low birth weight,...
AI predicts if -- and when -- someone will have cardiac arrest
Science Daily - 7 Apr 2022 20:19
A new artificial intelligence-based approach can predict, significantly more accurately than a doctor, if and when a patient could die of cardiac arrest. The technology, built on raw images of patient's diseased hearts a...
New hope for predicting and treating heart failure in babies born with deadly heart defect
Science Daily - 7 Apr 2022 20:18
Almost one third of babies born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, or HLHS, die from heart failure before their first birthday. By uncovering cellular processes that drive heart failure in these young patients, a new ...
COVID-19 alters levels of fertility-related proteins in men, study suggests
Science Daily - 7 Apr 2022 20:18
Increasing evidence suggests that the COVID-19 virus can also impair fertility. Now, researchers have analyzed protein levels in semen of men who have recovered from COVID-19. The pilot study suggests that even mild or m...
The most precise-ever measurement of W boson mass suggests the standard model needs improvement
Phys.org - 7 Apr 2022 20:00
After 10 years of careful analysis and scrutiny, scientists of the CDF collaboration at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory announced today that they have achieved the most precise measu...
Brain differences tied to autism can be detected in the womb
Live Science - 7 Apr 2022 19:15
A brain region known as the insular lobe was larger in those that went on to develop autism, compared with controls.
Dinosaur leg might be from the day the asteroid struck, scientists claim
Live Science - 7 Apr 2022 19:10
Scientists say the dinosaur died during the impact 66 million years ago.
Inline-capable spectroscopic measurement system for industrial quality assurance and process control
Phys.org - 7 Apr 2022 18:30
Ensuring quality without losing time: Companies from the pharmaceutical, chemical and food industry in particular depend on meeting the highest quality requirements while at the same time optimizing production processes....
Astronomers just discovered the farthest object in the known universe -- but what is it?
Live Science - 7 Apr 2022 18:23
The possible galaxy, located 13.5 billion light-years from Earth, has broken the record for farthest astronomical object ever seen.
UK energy security strategy won't provide enough energy or security
New Scientist - 7 Apr 2022 18:23
The UK government has released a plan to end the country's reliance on gas, but the decisions to ignore quick wins like insulation and favour expensive nuclear power over renewables have been widely questioned