Neurons

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Sciences & Technology

Diamonds reveal neural secrets

A new diamond voltage imaging microscope will give us more insight into the neural micro-circuitry that runs our brains

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Health & Medicine

How sound alters sense of touch

New research suggests our brains process different sensory inputs more like a symphony, combining and harmonising information rather than processing separately

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Health & Medicine

Fear, memory and brain exploration

A largely unknown region of the brain, the zona incerta, could hold the key to how we control our fears

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Health & Medicine

How brain rhythms can reveal your personality

A new study shows machine learning can be used to predict aspects of a person’s personality from their electrical brain rhythms

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Sciences & Technology

What plant proteins can tell us about Alzheimer’s

Plant biologists have described how a protein called CC1 helps plants to grow under salt stress and, intriguingly, it shares features with a protein linked to Alzheimer’s disease

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