What makes humans intelligent? These unique neurons might hold the key
Concepts encoded by concept neurons can be an animal, an article of clothing, a place, or a person. The concept can be evoked ...
EurekAlert!5d
Deciphering the sequence of neuronal firing
How does the brain retain a sequence of events in memory? Researchers from the University Hospital Bonn (UKB), the University ...
The State29d
As South Carolina prepares for a firing squad execution, here are how many have gone wrong
Firing squads and hangings are the oldest methods ... in The Atlantic in 2015 of a condemned man who “strode from his cell” ‘“in black broad­cloth” and “a white felt hat,” carrying ...
pv magazine International17h
TOPCon solar cell based on aluminum contacts achieves slightly lower efficiency than silver-based counterpart
Researchers in China have have fabricated an aluminum contact-based TOPCon solar cell based that achieved a power conversion ...
Nature27d
Spatial scale and cellular substrate of contrast adaptation by retinal ganglion cells
Following abrupt increases in contrast, the cell fired strongly at first and progressively reduced its firing rate during each 45-s epoch. Following a step decrease in contrast, the cell stopped ...