This type of sensor could be used to map light emitted by optical fibers implanted in the brain, and be useful for monitoring patients who receive light-based therapies for cancer.
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An “ancient” region in the back of the brain helps zebrafish compute their location and figure out where they need to go next.
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A new analysis offers one of the clearest pictures so far as to how various brain regions and neural networks contribute to a person’s problem-solving ability and in a trait known as general intelligence.
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The discovery may be an important step toward understanding the brain basis of craving, addiction as a brain disorder, and how to better treat addiction in the future.
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A study found that the brains of three different species of stranded dolphins showed classic markers of human Alzheimer’s disease.
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Researchers found that DNA variants in two genes, SLF2 and SMC5, compromise protein stability and reduce the ability of cells to repair damaged DNA.
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Researchers have developed a robot that’s capable of sorting, manipulating and identifying microscopic marine fossils.
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Scientists have used Perseverance's microphone to make the first-ever audio recording of an extraterrestrial whirlwind.
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Researchers found what looks like stamped or painted marks of letters and numbers on the panel that could be from the original manufacturer.
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The pigments involved in the colors are related to nutrient-rich colorful vegetables, so understanding the flowers’ color-changing tricks could have downstream applications.
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The normal vocal range for a bat is more than double that of most humans, with the exception of singers like Mariah Carey and Prince.
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NASA's James Webb Telescope has revealed new findings of an exoplanet’s molecular and chemical profiles.
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A new study shed light on the contents of the last meal consumed by the earliest animals known to inhabit Earth more than 550 million years ago.
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A new study presented at the annual Radiological Society of North America meeting reveals noticeable brain changes in patients up to six months post COVID-19 recovery.
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In its 48th year, the first-place prize was awarded to Grigorii Timin, supervised by Michel Milinkovitch at the University of Geneva, for his image of an embryonic hand of a Madagascar giant day gecko.
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