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Smart Powerline “Neurons” Boost Grid Capacity
IEEE Spectrum· 3 days agoAging high-voltage transmission lines are a bottleneck in the power grid today, but what if a simple tweak could increase their capacity by up to 40...
An Immune Mechanism Maintains Memory
The Scientist· 5 days agoCooperating neurons form the physical structure of a memory, but how these assemblies form and persist as long-term memories still stumps scientists....
How the Brain Masters Complexity Without Descending Into Chaos
SciTechDaily· 5 days agoResearchers reveal that neurons exhibiting “mixed selectivity” enable our brains to handle multiple...
How do brainless creatures control their appetites
Ars Technica· 1 hour agoThe hydra is a Lovecraftian-looking microorganism with a mouth surrounded by tentacles on one end, an elongated body, and a foot on the other end. It has no brain or centralized nervous system ...
Studies uncover the critical role of sleep in the formation of memories
Science Daily· 2 days agoAs many a groggy-eyed person who's stared blankly at a test knows, a lack of sleep can make it extraordinarily difficult to retain information. Two new studies from University of Michigan uncover ...
Pushing the Limits of Neuroscience: BARseq Is Mapping the Brain at a Million-Neuron Scale
SciTechDaily· 2 days agoResearchers developed and enhanced BARseq, a technique to map brain cell connections by gene...
African ancestry genes may be linked to Black Americans' risk for some brain disorders
KPBS San Diego· 3 days agoBlack Americans are known to be at higher risk of some neurological disorders, and the reasons for...
This New Movie Has A Pro Gamer Driven To Insanity By An AI Brain Device — And It’s More Realistic...
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoPager is incentivized to do this with a banana smoothie: These brain signals are run through a...
SAGE's Huntington's Disease Study Meets Primary Endpoint
Zacks via Yahoo Finance· 3 days agoThe phase II SURVEYOR study evaluating SAGE's dalzanemdor as a potential treatment for patients with...
Scientists May Have Discovered the First Sign of Autism: An Unusually Large Brain
SciTechDaily· 8 hours agoResearchers at the University of California San Diego discovered that an unusually large brain could...