Research suggests new tool-making timeline for East Asian hominins
A new study from the Nihewan basin of China has revealed that hominins who possessed advanced knapping abilities equivalent to Mode 2 technological features occupied...
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Scientists train a bank of AI models to identify patterns of brain activity that signal memory formation
The study of brain oscillations has advanced our understanding of brain function. Ripples are a type of fast oscillations underlying the organization of memories. They...
Conservation actions for SA’s declining white shark population now a matter of urgency
A group of marine biologists specialising in shark ecology, genetics and fisheries have challenged the findings from a recent study suggesting that South Africa’s white...
Toward understanding sperm quality
A novel screening system developed at Kyoto University enables researchers to investigate sperm cell development and health at the molecular level. The new approach, published...
The many faces of a zinc anode: Configurations can make a difference in performance
Sometimes the solution to a problem can be as simple as changing the way the components are structuredCredit: Guozhao Fang, Central South University Sometimes the...
Team successfully synthesizes atomically precise metal nanoclusters
A research team has successfully synthesized a metal nanocluster and determined its crystal structure. Their study provides experimental evidence for understanding and designing nanoclusters with...
Harvard neuroscientist Haim Sompolinsky awarded Brain Prize
Haim Sompolinsky, Professor in Residence in Harvard’s Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Department of Physics, has received the Brain Prize for his pioneering contributions to...
Audit of food donations prompts call for new nutrition and safety standards
New Curtin University research that analysed a whopping 85,000 kilograms of food donated to Foodbank WA over five days has prompted calls for an overhaul...
World Innovation Summit for Health announces 2024 Global Healthcare Innovation Competition at Web Summit
5 March 2024. Doha, Qatar: Web Summit Qatar 2024 provided the stage for the announcement of the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) 2024 Innovation...
Juno spacecraft measures oxygen production on Jupiter’s moon, Europa
SAN ANTONIO — March 5, 2024—NASA’s Juno spacecraft has directly measured charged oxygen and hydrogen molecules from the atmosphere of one of Jupiter’s largest moons,...
ECNU Review of Education: Exploring the landscape of shadow education
The diverse forms of private tutoring range from one-to-one sessions to large lecture halls with video screens. In countries where academic achievement is seen as...
Wild bees develop tolerance to veterinary drugs
Stingless bees in the Colombian Andes are adapting to a derivative of the ubiquitous insecticide ivermectin, which the bees ingest along with pollen from pasture...
Major neurotech hub in Milan announced
The IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital and the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University announced the launch of a long-term partnership with the recently established Nicolelis Institute for...
Proposals for cell donation procedures to create brain organoids
With advances in neuroscience and the development of new technologies, new ethical considerations have emerged. This is particularly true for human brain organoids, which are...
Turning skin cells into limb cells sets the stage for regenerative therapy
Fukuoka, Japan – In a collaborative study, researchers from Kyushu University and Harvard Medical School have identified proteins that can turn or “reprogram” fibroblasts — the most...
