From birds repurposing antiavian architecture to jellyfish that can learn, here are dispatches from the animal kingdom that we went wild for in 2023. Intelligent jellies No brain? No problem.…
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Digital training program improves quality of life for care residents with dementia—even during the COVID-19 pandemic
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Quality of life for people with dementia living in residential and nursing home care substantially improved after staff took part in a digital training program that…
Computational event-driven vision sensors that convert motion into spiking signals
Event-driven in-sensor spiking neural network designed by the researchers. A) Comparison between frame- and event-based vision sensors. B) The designed in-sensor spiking neural network by combining the advantages of event-driven…
Research suggests statins may slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Statins could slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, at least for some patients. This is the result of a new study led by Karolinska Institutet published…
Cult complex from Western Göktürk period rewrites Kazakhstan history
Archaeologists have announced the discovery of a Göktürk period cult complex in the Tarbagatay district of Kazakhstan’s Eastern Kazakhstan region. The discovery was made in 2021, with the results of…
Gene Clusters Reveal Brain Link to Anxiety Disorders
Summary: Researchers made a significant breakthrough in understanding the genetic basis of anxiety disorders (ADs), which affect over 280 million people globally. By analyzing the spatiotemporal transcriptomic data of AD-associated…
Infant Brain Study Links Enlarged Brain Spaces to Autism Risk
Summary: Researchers uncovered a potential early marker for autism in infants: abnormally enlarged perivascular spaces (PVS) in the brain. The study found that infants with enlarged PVS had a 2.2…
How to determine medication dosages for premature babies
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Premature babies almost always require treatment with medication. Doctors usually determine the dosages based on data from children who were not born prematurely, while preterm infants…
A picking robot for the greenhouse
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Working in a greenhouse is both strenuous and time-consuming. The picking robot from ETH spin-off Floating Robotics takes on particularly repetitive tasks, thereby alleviating the strain…
