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Professor of Biology Henry Lester has been named the 2024 recipient of the Langley Award for Basic Research on Nicotine and Tobacco from the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT). The Langley Award Honors scientists who have made grou
How did the first living cells come into being from the earth’s molecular soup 3.5 billion years ago?“Despite much speculation maybe RNA came first, or proteins, or chemical networks there’s not yet a consensus origins story,” says Distinguished
<p>Researchers have paired a deep learning model with experimental data to “decode” mouse neural activity. Using the method, they can accurately determine where a mouse is located within an open environment and which direction it is facing, just by looking at its neural firing patterns. Being able to decode neural activity could provide insight into the function and behavior of individual neurons or even entire brain regions. These findings, publishing February 22 in <em>Biophysical Journal</em>, could also inform the design of intelligent machines that currently struggle to navigate autonomously.</p>
The researchers' approach, which they dubbed as “paleobionics,” using extinct animals to inform soft robotic design, has the potential to increase understanding of evolution and biomechanics.