A new experiment suggests that the thalamus plays a key role in humans becoming consciously aware of stimuli their brain ...

This valuable study shows that locomotion-related modulations in the mouse visual cortex are not uniform but primarily affect neurons in muscarinic receptor-negative patches, which receive projections ...

Understanding how the brain functions is important for teachers. We surveyed more than 500 early childhood educators about ...

Fifty years since its discovery, scientists have finally worked out how a molecular machine found in mitochondria, the 'powerhouses' of our cells, allows us to make the fuel we need from sugars, a ...

With travel warnings and revoked visas, the two superpowers locked in a bruising trade war may make students and tourists their bargaining chips. By Vivian Wang Reporting from Beijing China has ...

Researchers suggest two newly developed tests could help to identify cognitive impairments that would otherwise go undetected ...

A team of over 150 scientists has achieved what once seemed impossible: a complete wiring and activity map of a tiny section ...

including the ability to write complex characters using their hands. While many past studies have tried to better understand ... When the immune system does not function properly, individuals ...

To physicists, temperature is a measure of how fast atoms are moving, a reflection of their energy—and absolute ... such as the nuclei.) It might seem that absolute zero is worth trying to ...

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They have made a stand against these norms in their art. Otherwise their art is like all other art: its only function is to be experienced, appraised, and understood (or not). Art is a means to state ...