Dark matter and dark energy: Do they really exist?
View of Milky Way (stock image).
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For close on a century, researchers have hypothesised that the universe contains more matter than...
Could playing Tchaikovsky’s ‘Nutcracker’ and other music improve kids’ brains?
Children who play the violin or study piano could be learning more than just Mozart. A University of Vermont College of Medicine child psychiatry...
Quantum internet goes hybrid
Schematic illustration of a hybrid information network with two quantum nodes composed by a cold cloud of Rubidium (left red cloud) and a doped...
Navigational view of the brain thanks to powerful X-rays
A "navigational map view" of a section of a mouse brain. Like the map view of an Earth imaging program, this image of a...
Smart, ultra-thin microfibre sensor for real-time healthcare monitoring and diagnosis
The NUS-developed novel microfibre sensor, which functions like a conductive thread, is highly sensitive and ultra-thin with a diameter of a strand of human...
How badly do you want something? Babies can tell
To evaluate infants’ intuition regarding what other people value, researchers showed them videos in which an agent (red bouncing ball) decides whether it’s worth...
What training exercise boosts brain power best? New research finds out
EEGs taken before and after the training showed that the biggest changes occurred in the brains of the group that trained using the "dual...
Do birdsong and human speech share biological roots?
Nottingham Dollies are sheep cloned from adult cells, looking similar to this sheep.
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Original concerns that cloning caused early-onset osteoarthritis...
Whole-brain map of electrical connections key to forming memories constructed by researchers
Penn researchers leading the DARPA-funded Restoring Active Memory project constructed the first whole-brain map of electrical connectivity in the brain based on data from...
Mysterious deep-Earth seismic signature explained
The movement of seismic waves through the material of the mantle allows scientists to image Earth's interior, just as a medical ultrasound allows technicians...
Small but distinct differences among species mark evolution of human brain
Chimpanzee.
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The most dramatic divergence between humans and other primates can be found in the brain, the primary organ that gives...
