Mindfully Curated
A new study shows that dopamine release in the human brain plays a crucial role in encoding both reward and punishment prediction errors. This means that dopamine is involved in the process of learning from both positive and negative experiences, allow…
In a step toward more autonomous soft robots and wearable technologies, researchers have created a device that uses color to simultaneously sense multiple mechanical and temperature stimuli.
Astronomers studying images from the James Webb Space Telescope have identified an object as a ‘dusty star-forming galaxy’ from nearly 1 billion years after the Big Bang. They have also discovered more than a dozen additional candidates, suggesting the…
Some nonnative plants cultivated in public gardens or arboretums are escaping to become invasive in wild forests.
Societies and political structures, like the humans they serve, appear to become more fragile as they age, according to an analysis of hundreds of pre-modern societies. A new study, which holds implications for the modern world, provides the first quan…
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Scientists are testing a novel technology to treat endodontic diseases more effectively through tissue regeneration instead of root canal therapy. Because the technology promotes formation of the type of stem cells that can differentiate into dentin (t…
Children must be taught more about the importance of plants if education about climate change and sustainability is to be effective, experts have warned.
How do you create strong, yet quick-release connections between living and non-living tissues? This is a question that continues to puzzle bioengineers who aim to create materials that bond together for advanced biomedical applications. Looking to natu…
Incorporating human tastes into artificial intelligence makes it easier for wine buyers thirsting for the right wine. Researchers have shown that AI can accurately predict individual wine preferences. The researchers expect that nourishing machines wit…
A simple-to-apply, needle-free vaccine patch is being developed to protect people from the potentially deadly mosquito-borne Zika virus.
Researchers give medieval Cambridge residents the ‘Richard III treatment’ to reveal hard-knock lives of those in the city during its famous university’s early years. Study of over 400 remains from a hospital cemetery shows spectrum of medieval poverty,…
An international multidisciplinary team consisting of solar physicists, geophysicists, and historians from nine countries analysed observations of an extreme solar-terrestrial storm reported in historical records from February 1872. Their findings conf…