Novel visualization method helps make sense of large neuronal activity datasets

Rastermap applied to neural activity from a virtual reality task. Credit: Stringer et al. Nature Neuroscience, 2024. Recent technological advances opened exciting possibilities for neuroscience, enabling the collection of increasingly…

Blue Origin hauls massive New Glenn 1st stage to launch site with hot fire up next

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Blue Origin hauled the immense first stage booster for its upcoming debut launch of its New Glenn rocket to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on October…

Amygdala Cells Linked to Anxiety

Summary: Researchers have identified specific cell types in the amygdala linked to anxiety, revealing potential new targets for treatment. By analyzing gene expression in human and macaque brains, scientists discovered…

Expert explains cardiac amyloidosis

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Cardiac amyloidosis is a rare condition defined by the abnormal production of proteins that bind together to form amyloid proteins. These amyloids can gather in different…

Japan plans automated cargo transport system to relieve shortage of drivers and cut emissions

This illustration taken from the government’s official YouTube video shows a conveyor belt road. Credit: Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism via AP Japan is planning to build…

As data center industry booms, an English village becomes a battleground

Horses graze in a field on the outskirts of Abbots Langley, England, on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. Plans to build a data center at the site has pitted the national…

Is thirst a good predictor of dehydration?

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Water is essential for daily functioning and health, and we can only survive a few days without it. Yet we constantly lose water through sweat, urination…

Votive monument unearthed at Roman Open-Air Museum in Hechingen-Stein

Archaeologists have unearthed over 100 fragments of a votive monument during excavations at the Roman Open-Air Museum in Hechingen-Stein. The museum exhibits the remains of a villa rustica, a large…

Hubble watches neutron stars collide and explode to create black hole and ‘birth atoms’

Astronomers have witnessed the titanic collision between two neutron stars that resulted in the birth of the smallest black hole ever seen and forged precious metals like gold, silver, and…

Cooperative Care Influences Brain Development in Humans and Marmosets

Summary: Cooperative breeding influences brain development in common marmosets and humans, allowing longer periods for social learning. Marmoset brains, like human brains, develop socio-cognitive regions slowly, maturing in early adulthood.…