Bad Decisions Arise from Faulty Information, Not Faulty Brain Circuits

Bad Decisions Arise from Faulty Information, Not Faulty Brain Circuits

  2:00:00 PM    Science Lover

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Making decisions involves a gradual accumulation of facts that support one choice or another. A person choosing a college might weigh factors such as course selection, institutional reputation and the quality of future job prospects. Researchers have found that it...

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Small in Size, Big On Power: New Microbatteries the Most Powerful Yet

Small in Size, Big On Power: New Microbatteries the Most Powerful Yet

  9:32:00 AM    Science Lover

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Though they be but little, they are fierce. The most powerful batteries on the planet are only a few millimeters in size, yet they pack such a punch that a driver could use a cellphone powered by these batteries to jump-start a dead car battery -- and then recharge...

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Brain Development Is Guided by Junk DNA That Isn't Really Junk

Brain Development Is Guided by Junk DNA That Isn't Really Junk

  8:02:00 AM    Science Lover

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Specific DNA once dismissed as junk plays an important role in brain development and might be involved in several devastating neurological diseases, UC San Francisco scientists have found. UCSF researchers have uncovered a role in brain development and in neurological...

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Human Genome Project Marks 10th Anniversary

Human Genome Project Marks 10th Anniversary

  8:47:00 AM    Science Lover

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This month marks the 10-year anniversary of the Human Genome Project, a 13-year international effort to determine the sequence of the 3 billion "letters" in a human being's DNA. The $3 billion project, led by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Institutes...

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What Happens in the Brain to Make Music Rewarding?

What Happens in the Brain to Make Music Rewarding?

  7:57:00 AM    Science Lover

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A new study reveals what happens in our brain when we decide to purchase a piece of music when we hear it for the first time. The study, conducted at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital -- The Neuro, McGill University and published in the journal Science...

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3-D Printer Can Build Synthetic Tissues

3-D Printer Can Build Synthetic Tissues

  4:26:00 PM    Science Lover

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A custom-built programmable 3D printer can create materials with several of the properties of living tissues, Oxford University scientists have demonstrated. A custom-built programmable 3D printer can create materials with several of the properties of living tissues,...

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Biological Transistor Enables Computing Within Living Cells

Biological Transistor Enables Computing Within Living Cells

  10:14:00 AM    Science Lover

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When Charles Babbage prototyped the first computing machine in the 19th century, he imagined using mechanical gears and latches to control information. ENIAC, the first modern computer developed in the 1940s, used vacuum tubes and electricity. Today, computers use...

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