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Researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, find that providing lab-grown ‘cerebral organoids’ with connections similar to those in real brains enhances their development and activity

Scientists Grow Brain-Like Tissue with Complex Connections in a Dish

Categories Brain & Behavior

Polite bird

Polite Japanese bird signals “after you!” to others

Categories Life & Non-humans

The type of Welsh onions used in the experiment were a variety called Kujo negi. These onions are a traditional vegetable of the Kyoto region and a staple part of local cooking.

Red nets signal “stop” to insect pests, reduce need for insecticides

Categories Life & Non-humans

Gut bacteria break down dietary fiber into short-chain fatty acids, which are known to affect our immune system. In this study, researchers investigated in detail the mechanisms by which these compounds mediate the activation of mast cells.

Gut bacteria can process dietary fiber into an anti-allergy weapon

Categories Health

Bee flying mid-air

Buzzworthy Research Suggests Insect Brains May Help Us Understand Our Own

Categories Brain & Behavior, Life & Non-humans

SARS-CoV-2-infected dead hamsters had high virus titers. Angel care or embalming could prevent transmission from infected hamsters' dead bodies. Proper treatment of SARS-CoV-2-infected corpses is critical to prevent the spread of COVID-19 infection.

Guidelines to prevent Covid transmission from the dead

Categories Health

This simulation was based on an adult model and infant skeleton.

Baby squirms have purpose

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health

Rats bop to the beat

Categories Life & Non-humans

Robot car fitted with eyes

Adding googly (robot) eyes to autonomous cars can make them safer

Categories Brain & Behavior, Technology

Conventional neuroscience has studied the relationship of what kind of brain activity r occurs in response to an external stimulus s (e.g., an image of an apple). If we write this relationship using the function f as r=f(s), we can say that clarifying the function f is the main research that conventional neuroscience has been doing. Such research has revealed much about the mechanism of information processing, that is, how the brain processes information from external stimuli. On the other hand, our brain not only processes information from the external world, but also produces the subjective experience of “seeing an apple.” The ultimate goal of the Oizumi Lab is to theoretically understand the subjective experience and consciousness produced by the brain: that is, to clarify the function g that connects brain activity r and consciousness C, where C is the consciousness produced from brain activity r (C=g(r)).

Pinpointing consciousness in animal brain using mouse ‘brain map’

Categories Brain & Behavior, Life & Non-humans

Professor Imamizu and a volunteer carry out the experiment.

Link between recognizing our voice and feeling in control

Categories Brain & Behavior

A user manipulates the supernumerary robotic arms using their feet in a virtual environment.

Third and fourth robotic arms feel like a part of the user’s own body

Categories Brain & Behavior, Technology

Mangrove restoration has ecological and economic benefits

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment

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