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Computational neuroscientists at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a computational model that provides insight into the function of the brain`s visual cortex and the information processing that enables people to perceive contours and surfaces, and understand what they see in the world around them.
A type of visual neuron known as simple cells can detect lines, [...]
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Inside every axon is a dendrite waiting to get out. Hedstrom et al. converted mature axons into dendrites by banishing a protein crucial for neuron development. The results suggest that this transformation could occur after nerve cell damage.
At the junction between the axon and the cell body is the axon initial segment (AIS), which sparks [...]
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Clinicians have known for some time that people treated for HIV also become much more susceptible to diabetes and heart disease. A study by scientists at Sydney’s Garvan Institute of Medical Research has now shown some of the reasons why – enabling better patient management and monitoring.
Associate Professor Katherine Samaras, Head of Garvan’s Diabetes and [...]
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A study in rats shows that exposure to a high-fat diet during pregnancy produces permanent changes in the offspring`s brain that lead to overeating and obesity early in life, according to new research by Rockefeller University scientists. This surprising finding, reported in the Nov. 12 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, provides a key step [...]
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Our mothers told us that true beauty is more than skin deep — but researchers from Tel Aviv University are now challenging Mom.
They’ve built a beauty machine that, with the press of a button, turns a picture of your own ordinary face into that of a cover model. While its output is currently limited to [...]
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One of the biggest challenges facing the mining industry is rock wall failure. Charlie Li’s invention could change all that, by making excavations safer. Dynamic Rock Support AS, a spin-off from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), is commercialising Li’s technology.
“The industry is crying out for new energy-absorbing elements for rock reinforcement, and [...]
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According to the international space agencies, "Space Weather" is the single greatest obstacle to deep space travel. Radiation from the sun and cosmic rays pose a deadly threat to astronauts in space. New research shows how knowledge gained from the pursuit of nuclear fusion research may reduce the threat to acceptable levels, making man`s [...]
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