Daily Archives: November 1, 2012

Hidden life of the cell

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Researchers find three unique cell-to-cell bonds

The human body has more than a trillion cells, most of them connected, cell to neighboring cells. How, exactly, do those bonds work? What happens when a pulling force is applied to those bonds? How long before they break? Does a … Continue reading

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At last, an inflight safety video worth watching

At last, an inflight safety video worth watching

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A modern take on Escher’s hands

Here is Shane Willis‘ modern take on Escher‘s famous hand drawing hand.

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Of noise and neurons: Sensory coding, representation and short-term memory

While much is known about the limiting effect of neural noise on the fidelity of sensory coding representation, knowledge about the impact of noise in short-term memory and integrator networks has remained more elusive. (Integrator networks are networks of nodes … Continue reading

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