Looks Matter When It Comes to Success in STEM, Study Shows
Researchers look into how racially stereotypical appearances and prejudice affect outcomes for students in STEM fields. ... Read More...
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Neurons Ripple While Brain Rests to Lock in Memories
Using a model commonly used in machine learning, researchers discover how the brain encodes spatial maps and stores information while at rest.... Read More...
A Little Anger in Negotiations Pays
If you want a positive outcome when negotiating, displaying moderate intensity anger can help you get what you want, researchers report. ... Read More...
Nanotubes Go With the Flow to Penetrate Brain Tissue
A new device that uses fast flowing fluids to insert nanotubes into the brain may be used to help treat a number of neurological diseases, researchers say.... Read More...
Binding Sites on Amyloid Beta Peptide Discovered
Researchers have invented a probe that lights up when it binds to a misfolded amyloid peptide. ... Read More...
Tangled Up in Gray: Shifting Relationship Between Flexibility and Modularity in Brain Discovered
A new study reveals flexibility and modularity are negatively correlated in the brain. ... Read More...
Nerve Cells’ Gatekeepers Take Many Forms
Rice University researchers detail the dynamics of how receptors alter their shapes to control sensitivity of the gate to chemical signals.... Read More...
Brain Wiring Affects How People Perform Specific Tasks
How well we are able to complete simple and complex tasks depends upon the organization of subnetworks in the brain, a new study reports.... Read More...
Simple Tasks Don’t Test Brain’s True Complexity
The brain's ability to use approximate probabilistic inference can not be studied by simple tasks that are not well suited to expose the inferential computations that make the brain special, researchers say.... Read More...
Hunt for Huntington’s Cause Yields Clues
Researchers reveal how a repeating nucleotide sequence in the gene for a mutant protein may trigger Huntington's disease.... Read More...
Researchers Develop Open Source Optogenetics Hardware and Software
Researchers have created a low cost, easy to use, open source optogenetics platform.... Read More...