The brain’s “uncertainty zone” affects its ability to form new memories

Newswise – The neocortex is the largest and most complex part of the brain and has long been considered the ultimate storage site for long-term memories. But how are traces of past events and experiences placed there? Researchers at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Freiburg, led by Prof. Dr. Johannes Letskus And … Read more

The computers that power self-driving cars could be a big driver of global carbon emissions

Newswise – In the future, the energy needed to power the powerful computers aboard a global fleet of autonomous vehicles could generate as many greenhouse gas emissions as all the data centers in the world today. This is one of the main findings of a new study by MIT researchers that explored the potential energy … Read more

Scientists make a major breakthrough in sequencing the genomes of endangered sharks

Newswise – “With their genomes decoded at high resolution, we have a much better window into the evolutionary history of this endangered species,” Mahmoud ShivjiAnd the Ph.D.professor at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and manager Save Our Seas Foundation Shark Research Center And the Guy Harvey Research Institute at NSU. … Read more