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top 89%Prefrontal Cortex Can Block Creative Problem-Solving - Neuroscience News
Neuroscience Newsby Neuroscience News16d ago
Summary: Researchers discovered an unexpected role for the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), a region traditionally viewed as the executive driver of behavioral flexibility.
Teen cannabis use linked to slower memory and thinking growth
Neuroscience News -- ScienceDaily17d ago
Teen cannabis use linked to slower memory and thinking growth - Date: - August 7, 2026 - Source: - University of California - San Diego - Summary: - Teens who start using cannabis may experience...
Colossal Biosciences Said It Cloned Red Wolves. Is It for Real? - Longreads
Longreadsby Brendan Fitzgerald17d ago
Midway through Boyce Upholt’s mind-boggling dispatch, one of his sources sums up the central challenge of the Gulf Coast canid: “Why is there not just a simple explanation for what this thing is?”...
Exercise Shields Dopamine Neurons in Parkinson's - Neuroscience News
Neuroscience Newsby Neuroscience News17d ago
Summary: Researchers synthesized evidence from 129 studies detailing how exercise-induced muscle signaling protects against Parkinson’s disease (PD) pathology.
Why Psychedelics Make Everything Feel Deeply Connected - Neuroscience News
Neuroscience Newsby Neuroscience News17d ago
Summary: Researchers introduce “apical hypercontextualisation”—a bottom-up neurobiological mechanism explaining how psychedelics (psilocybin, LSD, DMT, mescaline) transform perception and...
Receptor Density Shapes Whole-Brain Network Dynamics - Neuroscience News
Neuroscience Newsby Neuroscience News17d ago
Summary: Researchers developed a biologically grounded whole-brain computer model that bridges microscopic molecular chemistry with macroscopic neural activity.
Early Stress Heightens Adult Anxiety - Neuroscience News
Neuroscience Newsby Neuroscience News17d ago
Summary: Researchers uncovered a fundamental epigenetic mechanism explaining how early-life adversity permanently alters the brain’s stress response networks.
How Overconfidence and Loss Aversion Co-Evolved - Neuroscience News
Neuroscience Newsby Neuroscience News17d ago
Summary: Researchers propose an evolutionary resolution to why human overconfidence persists despite causing costly decision-making errors.
Cars Communicating Badly Is an Already-Solved Problem
IEEE Spectrumby Francesco Linsalata18d ago
The history of networking is full of tools that repurposed solutions to very different kinds of problems first.
New autism therapy shows surprising benefits even in adult mice
Neuroscience News -- ScienceDaily18d ago
New autism therapy shows surprising benefits even in adult mice A long-lasting treatment restored disrupted brain signaling and eased autism-related behaviors.
SpaceX crash site on moon revealed by South Korean orbiter | New Scientist
New Scientist - Spaceby Matthew Sparkes18d ago
The first images of the impact crater caused by an out-of-control SpaceX craft have emerged. Part of a SpaceX rocket crashed into the moon at about 8700 kilometres per hour on 5 August.
Physicists watch a material’s electrons assemble, and reassemble, into coexisting phases
MIT Newsby Jennifer Chu | MIT News18d ago
A tall glass of ice water isn’t just a thirst quencher; it’s also an everyday example of coexisting phases. Water’s molecular makeup can exist simultaneously in both a liquid and solid phase.
4 ways to watch a solar eclipse without burning your eyes | New Scientist
New Scientist - Spaceby Leah Crane18d ago
During a solar eclipse, the shadow of the moon moves across the surface of Earth as the moon travels between our planet and the sun.
I’m on a mission to replace my ugly home appliances – and Shark just dropped the ultimate ‘luxe’ upgrade to the robot vacuum I use every day
Latest from Ideal Home in Newsby Lauren Bradbury18d ago
Shark has just dropped four ‘Luxe’ colourways of its uber-popular PowerDetect UV Reveal Robot Vacuum (£1039.99 at Shark).
Nearly half of dementia cases may be linked to risks you can change
Neuroscience News -- ScienceDaily19d ago
Nearly half of dementia cases may be linked to risks you can change - Date: - August 6, 2026 - Source: - Lund University - Summary: - A long-term brain study found that common risks such as...
A new way to watch heat move through electronics
MIT Newsby Zach Winn | MIT News19d ago
The same overheating problem that happens to our laptops also plagues computer servers and data centers around the world — and heat management is only getting harder as computer chips get more...
THC medication made PTSD nightmares disappear for more than a third of patients
Neuroscience News -- ScienceDaily19d ago
THC medication made PTSD nightmares disappear for more than a third of patients A prescription THC treatment made PTSD nightmares disappear for more than one-third of patients in a promising new...
Then and now: How MIT Lincoln Laboratory has served as a driving force in national security innovation
History of MITby Kylie Foy | Ariana Gaines | MIT Lincoln Laboratory19d ago
On July 26, 1951, the U.S. Air Force, Army, and Navy signed a charter establishing Project Lincoln, an R&D program managed by MIT to develop the nation's first continent-wide air defense system...
Scientists unveil more than 600 new tissue models of human cancer
MIT Newsby Anne Trafton | MIT News19d ago
To develop new targeted treatments for cancer, scientists need tissue models that accurately represent the genetic and molecular traits of the cancer they’re studying.