Common algae helps illustrate mammalian brain electrical circuitry
... their greatest significance is that they provided proof of principle that this new model can be used to study a wide variety of questions involving the brain. "There are a lot of tools that work well in simpler systems or in isolated nerve cells, but the findings are often difficult to translate into a...Scientists to track impact of Asian dust and pollution on clouds, weather, climate change
... their greatest significance is that they provided proof of principle that this new model can be used to study a wide variety of questions involving the brain. "There are a lot of tools that work well in simpler systems or in isolated nerve cells, but the findings are often difficult to translate into a...Bats prey on nocturnally migrating songbirds
...ientists. Some claimed that eating feathers was no proof of preying upon birds: they suggested that giant noctules could simply, and accidentally, ingest feathers hovering in the air, which are particularly numerous during migration events. According to the detractors of a bird-based diet, eating feathers ...Mimicking how the brain recognizes street scenes
...work on realistic street scene images is a concept proof that the activity of neurons as measured in the lab is sufficient to explain how brains can perform complex recognition tasks." Making it More Useful The model used in the street scene application mimics only the computations the brain uses fo...Egyptians, not Greeks were true fathers of medicine
...uments dating back 3,500 years say they have found proof that the origins of modern medicine lie in ancient Egypt and not with Hippocrates and the Greeks. The research team from the KNH Centre for Biomedical Egyptology at The University of Manchester discovered the evidence in medical papyri written in 1,...Experimental gene therapy 'abolishes' arthritis pain and lessens joint damage
...e damage. "Our publication represents the first proof that gene therapy can work in a way that is clinic...e. If successful, this next study will provide the proof of principle needed for the team to apply for phase I human clinical trials, perhaps within 18 month...