From the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University – OIST press release: The process we call learning is in fact a well-orchestrated symphony of thousands of molecular reactions,… Read more »
From the FECYT – Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology press release: During the hours of sleep the memory performs a cleaning shift. A study led by a Spanish scientist… Read more »
From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology press release: Our daily lives include hundreds of routine habits. Brushing our teeth, driving to work, or putting away the dishes are just a… Read more »
From the Boston Children’s Hospital press release: Scientists have wondered whether somatic (non-inherited) mutations play a role in aging and brain degeneration, but until recently there was no good technology… Read more »
From the University of Pennsylvania press release: Cracking the German Enigma code is considered to be one of the decisive factors that hastened Allied victory in World War II. Starting… Read more »
From the Johns Hopkins Medicine press release: Scientists at Johns Hopkins have used supercomputers to create an atomic scale map that tracks how the signaling chemical glutamate binds to a… Read more »
From the Johns Hopkins University press release: When we try to stop a body movement at the last second, perhaps to keep ourselves from stepping on what we just realized… Read more »
From the University of Rochester Medical Center press release: The brain’s complex network of neurons enables us to interpret and effortlessly navigate and interact with the world around us. But… Read more »
From the Emory Health Sciences press release: A drug that stimulates neuron pruning can nudge mice away from habit-driven behaviors when combined with retraining, neuroscientists have found. The results were… Read more »
From the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen (LMU) press release: Learning requires the chemical adaptation of individual synapses. Researchers have now revealed the impact of an RNA-binding protein that is intimately involved in… Read more »
