Sophisticated synapse imaging used in NIH-funded project tracks changes within neurons as learning unfolds, offering new insights for brain-like AI systems.
Groundbreaking Study Uncovers How Our Brain Learns
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Disrupting ‘Communication’ With Plants Could Limit Soybean Cyst Nematode Infections
Targeting a newly discovered vulnerability in the signals that cyst nematodes use to infect plant roots could be a powerful method for reducing the damage the parasitic worms cause in crops such as soybeans, according to a study co-authored by an Iowa State University professor.
A New Record for California’s Highest Tree
Highest Jeffrey pines ever recorded reflect a warming climate in the high Sierra.
How Wide Are Faults?
At the Seismological Society of America’s Annual Meeting, researchers posed a seemingly simple question: how wide are faults?
Researchers Warn of a Threat to Water Safety From Wildfires
The consequences of wildfires in or near urban areas go beyond the damage to buildings and ecosystems, to the threat of contamination of drinking water according to water quality and treatment experts from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS).
A Wearable Smart Insole Can Track How You Walk, Run and Stand
A new smart insole system that monitors how people walk in real time could help users improve posture and provide early warnings for conditions from plantar fasciitis to Parkinson’s disease.
