Intelligence requires the whole brain

Life Sciences - Dec 11
Life Sciences

A team of Würzburg neuroscientists investigates communication pathways in the brain and predicts intelligence. A new study approach uses machine learning to improve our conceptual understanding of intelligence.

Health - Dec 11

Innovative measurement technology to determine vital signs

Health

Contactless diagnosis: research team develops innovative measurement technology to determine vital signs.

Life Sciences - Dec 11

New AI tool pinpoints gene splicing with unmatched precision

Life Sciences

A recent innovation from Johns Hopkins researchers enables deeper insights into gene function and disease-linked mutations.

Environment - Dec 10

Tropical forests: human intervention changes tree species diversity

Environment

An international team of researchers involving the University of Bern has investigated the consequences of deforestation and degradation of tropical forests. They were able to show that there are "winner" and "loser" species, whereby the displacement of the "losers" can lead to a decline in the ecological functions of tropical forests.

Mercury appears in a new light

Astronomy & Space

Space mission "BepiColombo" delivers data from the innermost planet in our solar system for the first time.

Innovation - Dec 10

Shape-changing device helps people with visual impairment perform location task

A groundbreaking navigation device can help people with visual impairment perform a location task as well as sighted people, new research shows.

Life Sciences - Dec 11

Empathy and cooperation in rats

Life Sciences

Rats release trapped companions, subsequently enabling them to collaborate for acquiring food. Experiments conducted at the University of Bern established this connection between obliging liberation behaviour and coordinated cooperation. These results may point towards a biological basis for empathy, presenting new perspectives on the evolutionary origins of compassionate behaviour.

Researchers reduce bias in AI models while preserving or improving accuracy

A new technique identifies and removes the training examples that contribute most to a machine-learning model's failures.

Environment - Dec 10

The Arctic is on fire

Environment

Wildfires have turned the Far North into a carbon emitter, putting the region's permafrost at risk, according to an alarming new report co-authored by UdeM researcher Oliver Sonnentag.

Health - Dec 10

Short-term cognitive boost from exercise may last for 24 hours

The short-term boost our brains get after we do exercise persists throughout the following day, suggests a new study led by UCL researchers.

Physics - Dec 10

New quantum state unveiled

Physics

A Spanish team led from the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) has observed the formation of a new quantum state in ultrathin materials by cooling a Mott insulator below 11 Kelvin.

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