Scientists in Switzerland working with IBM researchers have shown that their computer simulation of the neocortical column, arguably the most complex part of a mammal’s brain, appears to behave like its biological counterpart.
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The ability to create flexible, transparent electronics could lead to a host of novel applications, such as e-paper and electronic car windshields.
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University of Saskatchewan dentistry professor emeritus Dr. Kunio Komiyama and his colleague Dr. Gerry Uswak are recruiting 120 teens willing to brush with a prototype light-powered toothbrush and sit in a dentist’s chair for a few extra inspections.
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New work by researchers at Case Western Reserve and Vanderbilt Universities suggests that there may be a point where the decay of a quantum state can decay much slower. The work is extended in a discussion to illustrate how the universe’s life span may have been shortened by our observing dark matter.
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I’ve never seen aloe vera like this
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Peer pressure, targeted marketing campaigns and bad parenting have all been blamed for increasing materialism in children. Until now, there has been little evidence showing when this drive for material goods emerges in kids and what really causes it. In one of the first studies to focus on the development of materialism among children, Deborah […]
Giving each other space may not work in every relationship, but it’s what keeps the magic alive for the very fertile giant panda pair at the San Diego Zoo.
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Sometimes such single-mindedness leads to brilliant discoveries. At other times it can end up closer to madness. Unfortunately, there’s no way of knowing in advance where the journey will lead.
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Twice each year the migratory birds of the world make a voyage that, until recently, seemed like an inexplicable miracle.
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The Discovery Institute, copied Harvard’s video ‘The Inner Life of the Cell,’ stripped out their copyright notice, credits, and narration, inserted their own creationist-friendly narration, and renamed the video ‘The Cell As an Automated City.’ The new title subtly suggests a cell is designed rather than evolved.
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