Yearly Archives: 2011
Second Brain / Brain Bowel
December 12th, 2011
Second Brain / Brain Bowel
UW scientists grow neurons that integrate into brain
December 3rd, 2011
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have grown human embryonic stem cells into neurons that appear capable of adapting themselves to the brain’s machinery by sending and receiving messages from other cells, raising hopes that medicine may one day ...
World first — Light created in vacuum, quantum theory at work
December 3rd, 2011
In a truly interesting, groundbreaking experiment, scientists have captured photons coming into existence in a vacuum. This is valuable science, because it’s a proof of quantum mechanics, predicted but not before achieved. This experiment by Chalmers has more than ...
Dream
December 2nd, 2011
Are you awake? We dont really know if we are asleep or not.
Rebecca Saxe: How we read each other’s minds
December 2nd, 2011
Rebecca Saxe: How we read each other's minds
Stefano Mancuso: The roots of plant intelligence
December 2nd, 2011
Plants behave in some oddly intelligent ways: fighting predators, maximizing food opportunities ...
Neurotransmitter Synapse
December 2nd, 2011
Neurotransmitter Synapse
How the Brain Works Basal Ganglia
December 2nd, 2011
how the Brain Works Basal Ganglia