To Learn More Quickly, Brain Cells Break Their DNA
DNA double-strand breaks are associated with cancer and aging. A new study shows neurons can use them to quickly express genes related to learning and memory. ..
DNA double-strand breaks are associated with cancer and aging. A new study shows neurons can use them to quickly express genes related to learning and memory. ..
The most widely used technique for optimizing values of a math function turns out to be a fundamentally difficult computational problem. ..
Researchers are turning to the mathematics of higher-order interactions to better model the complex connections within their data. ..
Crows recently demonstrated an understanding of the concept of zero. It’s only the latest evidence of animals’ talents for numerical abstraction. ..
The brown dwarf isn't a star and it's not a planet. But it's illuminating the murky borderlands that separate the two. ..
Theorists are in a frenzy over these bizarre, but potentially useful, hypothetical particles that can only move in combination with one another. ..
Dozens of viruses don't use the same four nucleotide bases found in all other life. New work shows how this is possible—and perhaps more common than ..
At critical moments, rotational invariance is a universal property across many physical systems. ..
In three towering papers, a team of mathematicians has worked out the details of Liouville quantum field theory, forging a bridge between math and physics. ..
Researchers have finally seen how some of them bind to odor molecules—yielding new insights into one of the most mysterious and versatile senses. ..