Visual system needs information at ultra-high speeds to recognize shapes. New evidence from the University of Southern California suggests that there may be dedicated cells in the retina that help compile small bits of information in order to recognize objects. The research was conducted by Ernest Greene, professor of psychology in the area of brain [...]
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London Authority (GLA) takes radical steps, one of which could be the removal of all cars from both inner and outer London, according to a report published today.
The GLA is committed to reducing London’s carbon dioxide emissions by 60% by 2025, but most climate scientists argue that even more rapid reductions will be needed if [...]
Quick: You’re walking by a store window and you see a sign that says, “20% off the original price plus an additional 25% off the already reduced sale price.” So, how much is the discount” Consumers often mistakenly think the total discount is 45% off the original price when, in fact, the true discount is [...]
The complex behavior of primates can be understood using artificially-intelligent computer ‘agents’ that mimic their actions, shows new research published in a special edition of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B and presented at the BA Festival of Science in York.
Scientists using agents programmed with simple instructions to work out why some primate groups [...]
The earliest humans almost certainly walked upright on two legs but may have struggled to run at even half the speed of modern man, new research suggests.
The University of Manchester study – presented to the BA (British Association for the Advancement of Science) Festival of Science in York on Tuesday – proposes that if early [...]
Using a novel “deep sequencing” technology that can in one fell swoop decode 50 million sequences representing well over a billion bases of DNA, a research team led by University of Delaware scientists is working to unmask where, why and how certain genes are switched on or off in rice–a crop vital to the world’s [...]
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed new ways to make or modify nanorods and nanotubes of titanium oxide, a material used in a variety of industrial and medical applications.
The methods and new titanium oxide materials may lead to improved catalysts for hydrogen production, more efficient solar cells, and more [...]
New warnings about the effects of global warming paint a bleak picture for the world’s polar bear population. The U. S. Geological Survey says its series of studies show that melting sea ice in the Arctic could spell disaster for the species within 50 years, when 2/3 of them could die-off.
The studies followed the suggestion [...]
Color contrast is detected much earlier in the brain than previously thought, a new study shows. Scientists at Durham University have confirmed that color contrast is first detected by part of the brain called primary visual cortex, which is located at the very back of the head where visual information first enters the cortex of [...]