Mice master complex thinking with a remarkable capacity for abstraction
Grouping information into categories simplifies our
A nano-light source on the basis of a single molecule converts an electrical voltage very quickly into light and enables data transmission and data processing with gigahertz frequencies. Here the brightness can be controlled with a molecule acting as a transistor . The light source was realised by a team headed by K. Kern and K. Kuhnke with a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research.
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Which pension system is the best? Even though there is no simple answer to this question, the Pension Maps of the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy for the first time offer an easy-to-understand overview of pension schemes in ten countries. The clearly arranged graphics show at a glance how old age security is organised.
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If you drift off course, it’s useful to notice it in good time. The brain thus evaluates the perceived motion of the environment and translates it into course-correcting movements. The concept seemed clear, but recent studies in zebrafish now show that the eyes have to see more than a just a general movement of the environment. A local component is also required in order to detect a drift and initiate a countering motion. The study by Andreas Kist and Ruben Portugues from the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology indicates a distinctly more complex brain circuitry than was previously thought.
Humans, and many animals, use this information to detect
Scientists discover a brain circuit that signals the direction and distance of boundaries in the environment to help coordinate next movements
Yet our brain is able to transform this information
Tobias Bonhoeffer appointed scientific advisor of Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Biographical information: Tobias Bonhoeffer studied
New mathematical model of genetic interaction identifies master regulators in biological networks
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The basic units of the olfactory system in the fly brain provide references to their function and ecological relevance
structure of these spherical brain units provide information
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scientists hope to gain insight into how sensory information
Frühe Verarbeitungsstufen im Gehirn, zum Beispiel zur Verarbeitung von Sinnesreizen, sind komplexer als bislang angenommen.
resultierenden komplexen Aktivitätsmustern der Flüssigkeit die Information
