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Researchers create largest functional map of a brain to date, after having mouse watch video clips

MIT researchers built a therapeutic cancer vaccine that may improve tumor response to immune checkpoint blockade treatments.

There are ways to make e-bike and e-scooter batteries safer, from technological innovations to common sense storage techniques.

Abstract. Variation in the strength of synapses can be quantified by measuring the anatomical properties of synapses. Quantifying precision of synaptic plasticity is fundamental to understanding information storage and retrieval in neural circuits. Synapses from the same axon onto the same dendrite have a common history of coactivation, making them ideal candidates for determining the precision of synaptic…

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Harvard's solid-state battery features a lithium metal anode, providing ten times the capacity of conventional graphite anodes.

For the first time, a study has measured the size of the immune system: if it were an organ, it would weigh more than a kilo and represents 0.2% of all human cells

New research at the level of neurons is untangling how psychedelic drugs like DMT change the brain

Researchers at the University of Tsukuba investigated the effects of trigonelline on memory and spatial learning in a mouse model of accelerated aging.

The behaviors, physiology and existence of living organisms is supported by countless biological processes, which entail the communication between cells and other molecular components. These molecular components are known to transmit information to each other in various ways, for instance via processes know as diffusion and electrical depolarization or by exchanging mechanical waves.

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In a new study, researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden, together with colleagues from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, have investigated the impact that a barren living environment for sows leaves on the next generation. The pigs in the study were bred in Brazil and kept according to breeding standards in that country. The sows' uncomfortable and unstimulating environment brought with it several…

Researchers have developed personalized mRNA vaccines for patients with pancreatic cancer, which have shown safe and feasible outcomes in a small trial. The...

An extra copy of a gene that controls synapse formation in the cortex causes excessive inhibitory signaling and may contribute to Down syndrome, according to a new study publishing April 20th in the open access journal PLOS Biology by Bing Ye of the University of Michigan, US, and colleagues. The finding may help explain some of the neurologic consequences of the syndrome.

A fly's brain can tell us a lot about insect intelligence and maybe a thing or two about our own.

Plus: "Medicinal use only" whiskey bottles date to Prohibition.

The entrance exam to medical school consists of a five-hour fusillade of hundreds of questions that, even with the best preparation, often leaves the test taker discombobulated and anxious. For some would-be physicians, the relentless pressure causes ...

Li ion imaging by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is the "holy grail" in the study of Li ion battery (LIB) materials. Tracking lithiation process in TEM could provide a more profound understanding of the electrode degradation mechanism during battery cycling, which accelerates material modification for better performance.

During the height of the pandemic, I set up a community using Discord. Since then, it has evolved into being one of the most active (yet tight-knit) technical communities on Discord: members ranging from all around the world and from all sorts of technical and social backgrounds participate in conversations every day on a variety of topics.

Neural networks and dynamical systems are computationally weak and might not be able to explain how biology computes things.