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Blue Brain team discovers a multi-dimensional universe in brain networksWashington DC (SPX) Jun 16, 2017 For most people, it is a stretch of the imagination to understand the world in four dimensions but a new study has discovered structures in the brain with up to eleven dimensions - ground-breaking work that is beginning to reveal the brain's deepest architectural secrets. Using algebraic topology in a way that it has never been used before in neuroscience, a team from the Blue Brain Project has uncovered a universe of multi-dimensional geometrical structures and spaces within the networks of the b ... read more |
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 China drone king turns to farming How eggs got their shapes Fossil holds new insights into how fish evolved onto land Comb and Copter system maps atmospheric gases City rats: Why scientists are not hot on their tails New research suggests problematic memories could be deleted | .. |
 World population to reach 9.8 bln in 2050, UN says The world's current population of 7.6 billion will balloon to 9.8 billion in 2050, with India's numbers to surpass China's in just seven years, a UN report said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
Chinese gays hear wedding bells as Taiwan move fuels hope Chatting excitedly as they try on their Chinese imperial-themed wedding outfits, Ren Weilian and Zhu Tiantian are as nervous as any couple as they prepare to exchange vows in their lesbian marriage. ... more | .. |
 Too much brain activity may contribute to memory, attention impairments More brain activity isn't always a positive. New research suggests an excess of neural activity in specific regions of the brain may contribute to memory and attention problems in patients with cognitive impairments like schizophrenia and Alzheimer's. ... more | .. |
 Czech cave dig reveals details of Neanderthal-human transition The excavation of a cave in the Czech Republic has offered archaeologists evidence of both Neanderthal and human activity in the region between 28,000 and 50,000 years ago. ... more |
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In tense times, top conductor creates UN of orchestras In his eight years leading the New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert has witnessed the power of music to connect cultures - and watched as political strife consumes much of the world. ... more | .. |
 Dating expert ages oldest modern human A Griffith University geochronologist's state-of-the-art dating methods push back the origins of our species by an unprecedented 100,000 years, uncovering the oldest modern human and our deep biolog ... more | .. |
 Removal of aging cells could extend human life A recent study, led by an international team of researchers confirms that targeted removal of senescent cells (SnCs), accumulated in many vertebrate tissues as we age, contribute significantly in de ... more | .. |
 Obesity 'epidemic' affects one in 10 worldwide More than one in 10 people worldwide are now obese and 2.2 billion are believed to be overweight, fueling a global health crisis that claims millions of lives every year, according to a major new international study released on Monday. ... more |
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 The first of our kind An international research team led by Jean-Jacques Hublin of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (Leipzig, Germany) and Abdelouahed Ben-Ncer of the National Institute for Archaeol ... more | .. |
 How the brain recognizes what the eye sees If you think self-driving cars can't get here soon enough, you're not alone. But programming computers to recognize objects is very technically challenging, especially since scientists don't fully u ... more | .. |
Hand-washing is like hitting a reset button in the brain Hand-washing has surprising effects on the human brain. According to a series of experiments conducted by researchers at the University of Toronto, the act of hand-washing leads to more flexible thinking. ... more | .. |
 Living long and living well: Is it possible to do both Exactly when does old age begin? Which health markers best predict who will live a long and healthy life versus a life spent in poor health? Developing metrics to help answer these questions a ... more |
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 Ancient grains offer insights into the birth and growth of the world's oldest cities By studying ancient grains, researchers have gained insights into how the world's oldest cities grew and evolved some 8,000 years ago. ... more | .. |
 Tourists risk getting bit when they mistake monkey aggression for affection New research suggests humans aren't all that great at reading the facial cues of monkeys. Misinterpreting the emotional state of monkeys, researchers argue, increases the risk of being bitten. ... more | .. |
 Fossil skeleton confirms earliest primates were tree dwellers Earth's earliest primates dwelled in treetops, not on the ground, according to an analysis of a 62-million-year-old partial skeleton discovered in New Mexico - the oldest-known primate skeleton. ... more | .. |
 Researchers Identify Conductor of Brain's Neural Orchestra and Begin to Decode the Score Stanford University researchers funded by DARPA's Neuro Function, Activity, Structure, and Technology (Neuro-FAST) program have developed new optical imaging and analysis techniques that allowed the ... more |
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 ArianeGroup signs contract with ESA to develop Prometheus engine Eclipse Expectations Excite Escapades for Enlightenment Rare US total solar eclipse excites Americans coast-to-coast Test of US-Japanese missile interceptor fails N.Korea conducts rocket engine test: US official Amtrak to SpaceX Launch, Wifi hack, Spectacular trip, But where's my SatPhone... | .. |
 Springs were critical water sources for early humans in East Africa, Rutgers study finds About 1 to 2 million years ago, early humans in East Africa periodically faced very dry conditions, with little or no water in sight. But they likely had access to hundreds of springs that lingered ... more | .. |
 New hypothesis about the origin of humankind suggests oldest hominin lived in Europe The common lineage of great apes and humans split several hundred thousand earlier than hitherto assumed, according to an international research team headed by Professor Madelaine Bohme from the Sen ... more | .. |
 Portions of human skeletal structure were established millions of years earlier than previously thought, For more than 3 million years, Selam lay silent and still. Eager to tell her story, the almost perfect fossil skeleton of a 2 1/2 year-old toddler was discovered at Dikika, Ethiopia - and she had a ... more | .. |
 Study reveals architecture of the 'second brain,' the enteric nervous system Researchers hope a survey of the body's enteric nervous system will offer new insights into the nature of common gastrointestinal diseases like irritable bowel syndrome and chronic constipation. ... more |
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 'Moral enhancement' technologies are neither feasible nor wise A recent study by researchers at North Carolina State University and the Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM) finds that "moral enhancement technologies" - which are discussed as ways of impr ... more | .. |
 Grassy beginning for earliest Homo In 2013, an ASU research team found the oldest known evidence of our own genus, Homo, at Ledi-Geraru in the lower Awash Valley of Ethiopia. A jawbone with teeth was dated to 2.8 million years ago, a ... more | .. |
 Adolescent orangoutan breastfeed for eight years Maturing orangutan breastfeed for longer than any other mammal. New research suggests juvenile orangutan continue weaning for as many as eight or nine years. ... more | .. |
 Study shows southern Mediterranean shares genetic heritage A genomic study has revealed a shared genetic heritage throughout the southern Mediterranean, extending geographic and national borders, from Italy to Cyprus. ... more |
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