New techniques shed light on how brain landscapers prune unnecessary synapses
Oligodendrocyte precursor cells, or OPCs (the purple and green spots above), prune unnecessary synapses (the silver streaks) in the brain's ...
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Geological studies shed light on the mystery of the formation of Uruguay’s amethyst geodes
Researchers from the University of Göttingen in front of a giant amethyst geode in Uruguay. Geodes like this have been ...
Digital biomarkers shed light on seasonality of mood disorders
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Wrist-based activity sensors worn by people with depression and those without for two weeks provided evidence ...
New observations shed more light on the nature of a millisecond binary pulsar
EPIC-pn light curve of XMM-Newton of J1431 in the ranges 0.2-12 keV, 0.2-4 keV, 4-12 keV and hardness ratio between ...
Police shed light on cause of porn star Sophia Leone’s death
Five months after the death of pornographic actress Sophia Leone, the cause of her death is now known. • Also ...
Observations of zebra finch courtship shed light on later learning
McGill researchers divided zebra finches into groups to see how early life experiences affect learning. Credit: Sarah Woolley A new ...
New simulations shed light on stellar destruction by supermassive black holes
Formation of a disk in an isentropic simulation (effective radiative cooling) with a rotating black hole (a = 0.99, θ ...
‘Amazonian’ algae shed light on what happens to populations when females switch to asexual reproduction
Surprisingly, populations of brown algae in the Sea of Japan, called "Amazons," were composed exclusively of females. Credit: Dr. Masakazu ...
Observations shed more light on properties of nearest tidal disturbance event
SDSS image of the host galaxy NGC 3799, before the transient occurs. The galactic core where the TDE occurred is ...
Ancient brown bear genomes shed light on Ice Age losses and survival
Sampled brown bear locations and population structure. (a) Map showing the localities of ancient and contemporary brown bear genomes analyzed. ...
