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How to simulate softness: Material design tricks and equations could one day help researchers recreate different sensations of softness for haptic interfaces
What factors affect how human touch perceives softness, like the feel of pressing your fingertip against a marshmallow, a piece
Brain waves detected in mini-brains grown in a dish
Scientists have created miniature brains from stem cells that developed functional neural networks. Despite being a million times smaller than
Brain imaging may help identify teens at risk of increasing alcohol use
Teenagers with large amounts of grey matter in the brain at age 14 are more likely to increase their alcohol
Scientists recreate blood-brain barrier defect outside the body
Scientists can’t make a living copy of your brain outside your body. That’s the stuff of science fiction. But in
The neurobiology of noshing: Why is it so easy to overeat calorie-rich tasty foods?
When you eat something super tasty, ever wonder why you really don’t want to stop even though you know you’ve
Researchers map sound, response and reward anticipation in mouse brain
University of Oregon neuroscientists report that two areas of the mouse brain combine representations of what is heard and anticipated,
Brain marker for angry dreams: Sleep study advances understanding of emotions experienced during dreaming
Researchers have identified a pattern of brain activity that predicts anger experienced during dreaming, according to a new study of
In mice, single population of stem cells contributes to lifelong hippocampal neurogenesis
Scientists once thought that mammals entered adulthood with all of the neurons they would ever have, but studies from the
Open-source software tracks neural activity in real time: The tool, called CaImAn, replaces the process of manually tracking the location and activity of neurons
Tracking the firings of individual neurons is like trying to discern who is saying what in a football stadium full