Month: November 2022

Periods and pregnancy still taboo in women’s football, research finds

In the world of women’s football, discussing periods and pregnancy still seems to be a bit of a secret society. But a recent study has shed light on the startling lack of education surrounding these topics in the sport. Just like a team that needs to understand all the different plays and strategies to win […]

Published on November 3, 2022

Unveiling the Secrets of Cell-Intrinsic Duration-Encoding Engrams

Imagine a mysterious puzzle box that encodes the duration between two stimuli. Scientists have discovered that within the brain’s cerebellar Purkinje cells lies an engram—a special group of cells—that holds the key to this interval encoding. When the first stimulus, known as the conditional stimulus (CS), is presented, it activates the engram, causing a pause […]

Published on November 3, 2022

Detectors That Don’t Need Training!

Imagine having the ability to recognize objects without any prior experience or training. Well, it turns out that deep neural networks can do just that! In a recent study, scientists used a model neural network to investigate how object detection can emerge spontaneously in untrained networks. They found that even before any visual training, certain […]

Published on November 3, 2022