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A Worm's Calculus Center

Worms do calculus to find meals or avoid unpleasantness

Biology /

created Jul 02, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Thanks to salt and hot chili peppers, researchers have found a calculus-computing center that tells a roundworm to go forward toward dinner or turn to broaden the search. It's a computational mechanism, they ...





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The Link Between Birdsong And Human Language

The Link Between Birdsong And Human Language

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Scientists studying how Bengalese finches use sets of syllables to communicate are a step closer to understanding how humans develop and use vocabulary. After studying the neural networks in finch brains, ...


UCI robot to aid brain research

UCI robot to aid brain research

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A robot powered by a computerized model of a rodent brain will help researchers from UC Irvine and UC San Diego understand how people recognize and adapt to change.


Dietary patterns linked with depression

Processed, high-fat foods linked with depression

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (6) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- People who eat a diet laden with processed and high-fat foods may put themselves at greater risk of depression, according to UCL (University College London) research published today.


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You can control your Marilyn Monroe neuron

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (26) | comments 12

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a scientific first, researchers have been able to demonstrate the ability of humans to control the activity of individual brain cells.


Smart rat 'Hobbie-J' produced by over-expressing a gene that helps brain cells communicate

Smart rat 'Hobbie-J' produced by over-expressing a gene that helps brain cells communicate

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 5

Over-expressing a gene that lets brain cells communicate just a fraction of a second longer makes a smarter rat, report researchers from the Medical College of Georgia and East China Normal University.


Researchers reveal mechanism for neuron self-preservation

Researchers reveal mechanism for neuron self-preservation

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tsuruta et al. find that a lipid kinase directs a voltage-gated calcium channel's degradation to save neurons from a lethal dose of overexcitement. The study appears in the October 19, 2009 issue of the Journal of ...


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Scientists give flies false memories

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 9

By directly manipulating the activity of individual neurons, scientists have given flies memories of a bad experience they never really had, according to a report in the October 16th issue of the journal Cell.


In search of machines that play at being human

In search of machines that play at being human

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers at Carlos III University (Spain) have taken part in an international contest whose objective is to improve artificial intelligence utilized in virtual worlds. The challenge for the participants ...


Chemical from Soil Bacteria Shows Potential Neuron Toxicity; Has Possible Parkinson's Implications

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A chemical produced by common soil bacteria may kill neurons that produce dopamine, according to an article authored by University of Alabama researchers publishing Oct. 6. Dopamine neuron demise leads to ...


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New model suggests how the brain might stay in balance

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists have theorized for decades about how neural networks might be able to accomplish the incredibly complex calculations the human brain performs all the time. But simply stabilizing ...



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