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How the Brain Learns to Make Inferences

How the Brain Learns to Make Inferences

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Summary: Researchers have uncovered how the brain processes inferential reasoning by recording neuron activity in individuals as they learned through trial and ...

A Unique Quantum State of Matter Emerges at Columbia

A Unique Quantum State of Matter Emerges at Columbia

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Researchers at Columbia University have created a Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC) using sodium-cesium molecules, cooled to just five nanoKelvin and stable for two ...

A Unique Quantum State of Matter Emerges at Columbia

A Unique Quantum State of Matter Emerges at Columbia

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Researchers at Columbia University have created a Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC) using sodium-cesium molecules, cooled to just five nanoKelvin and stable for two ...

A Unique Quantum State of Matter Emerges at Columbia

A Unique Quantum State of Matter Emerges at Columbia

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Researchers at Columbia University have created a Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC) using sodium-cesium molecules, cooled to just five nanoKelvin and stable for two ...

Brain Circuit for Color Perception Identified

Brain Circuit for Color Perception Identified

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Summary: Researchers have identified the specific brain circuits in fruit flies responsible for color perception. These neurons within the optic lobe respond ...

New Hormone Discovery Explains Monogamy

New Hormone Discovery Explains Monogamy

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Summary: Researchers found that a hormone-producing cell in the adrenal glands may explain why oldfield mice are monogamous while their close relatives ...

The Brain’s Role in Immune Control

The Brain’s Role in Immune Control

Health
Sarah Carter

Summary: Researchers discovered that the brain can significantly influence the immune system, particularly its inflammatory responses. The study utilized mice to show ...

Violence at UCLA; 300 arrested in NYC

Violence at UCLA; 300 arrested in NYC

World
Emily Foster

Police descend on occupied building at Columbia in NYC Police in New York City clashed with protesters while descending on an occupied ...

Hybrid Brains: Mice with Rat Neurons Sense Smells

Hybrid Brains: Mice with Rat Neurons Sense Smells

Health
Sarah Carter

Summary: Researchers made a groundbreaking advancement by developing mice with hybrid brains containing rat neurons, allowing them to perceive odors like rats. ...

Graviton-like Particles Found in Quantum Experiments

Graviton-like Particles Found in Quantum Experiments

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Light probing a chiral graviton mode in a fractional quantum Hall effect liquid. Credit: Lingjie Du, Nanjing University The results, continuing the ...