Rewiring the Brain: The Neural Code of Traumatic Memories

Summary: Unveiling the neurological enigma of traumatic memory formation, researchers harnessed innovative optical and machine-learning methodologies to decode the brain’s neuronal networks engaged during trauma memory creation. The team identified…

Almost half of patients with skin disease suffer from sleep disturbances, global study finds

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Almost half (42%) of patients with skin disease experience sleep disturbances, a major study presented today at the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) Congress…

Is Inflammation in Childhood A Mechanistic Link to Neurodevelopmental Disorders?

Summary: Scientists unveiled a potentially transformative link between early childhood inflammation and the subsequent development of neurodevelopmental disorders, through a pioneering study that utilizes single-cell genomics. By examining brain tissues…

Plastic production via advanced recycling lowers greenhouse gas emissions

Five things to know about NASA’s mission to a metal world

Psyche’s solar arrays convert light into electricity, providing the power for its four solar electric or “Hall-effect” thrusters. For the first time ever, a NASA probe is set to journey…

Uncovering the secrets of spin-orbit optical Rabi oscillations

a, The original spin-1/2 setting describing spinnings of a quantum particle in a driven magnetic field, where the spin up and spin down constitute the two-level eigenstates. b, In the…

New algorithms for intelligent and efficient robot navigation among the crowd

Credit: University of Eastern Finland Service robots have started to appear in various daily tasks such as parcel delivery, as guide dogs for the visually impaired, as public servants at…

No universal body image experience in pregnancy, says meta-analysis

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study has discovered large variations in how pregnancy can affect women’s perceptions of their own body, including experiences of negative body image. Negative body…

Saudi Arabia, Russia press for World Bank fossil fuel funding

Major oil and gas producers hit back at World Bank reforms that aim to channel more money into clean energy Russia, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states have urged the…

Simulations of ‘backwards time travel’ can improve scientific experiments