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Dopamine Signals Teach the Brain to Unlearn Fear
Summary: A new study reveals that dopamine release along a specific brain circuit helps extinguish fear by activating reward-related neurons in the amygdala. Researchers showed that dopamine from the ventral…
Dual scalable annealing processors overcome capacity and precision limits
The proposed system enables simultaneous expansion of the number of spins and interaction bit width using multiple identical LSI chips, resulting in more accurate and efficient solutions for combinatorial optimization…
Compact optical clock uses quantum interference for improved frequency stability
Theoretically calculated (left) and experimentally observed (right) spectroscopic signals in proposed method. Credit: Peter Yun An atomic clock research team from the National Time Service Center of the Chinese Academy…
P160C fires up successfully, a new chapter for Ariane 6 and Vega launchers
Credit: European Space Agency The P160C qualification motor was successfully tested on 24 April at the European Spaceport in French Guiana, on the solid-propellant booster test stand (BEAP) operated by…
Medicaid cuts may disproportionately affect Black, Latino doctors and their patients
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Los Angeles pediatrician and urgent care specialist Dr. Ilan Shapiro worries for his chronically ill patients as he watches Congress weigh significant cuts to Medicaid. He…
New standard developed for battery-free, AI-enabled IoT devices
Ambient photocapacitor concept. Credit: Newcastle University A landmark international collaboration led by Newcastle University has developed the world’s most efficient integrated light-harvesting and storage system for powering autonomous Artificial Intelligence…
Bird flu in cows shows no signs of adapting to humans — yet
WASHINGTON — When traces of H5N1 bird flu showed up in cow’s milk last year, it raised fears that the virus could become more infectious to humans. So far, that…
Detroit’s lack of affordable housing pushes families to the edge
As outside temperatures dropped to the low- to mid-teens Fahrenheit on Feb. 10, 2025, two children died of carbon monoxide toxicity in a family van parked in a Detroit casino…
Newly launched NASA satellites open eyes to start studying ‘auroral electrojets’ in Earth’s atmosphere
The first bits of data have come back from the trio of small satellites that make up NASA’s EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer) mission, which aims to solve some mysteries…
