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An electrophysiological study in pigeons suggests that high stimulus complexity ensues multiplexed representations enabling a delayed switch from stimulus- to choice-coding resulting in stable working memory representations and reduced trace-decay.
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Some scientists say the rules must be changed so plants and animals are not tagged with ‘objectionable’ names
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Research led by Bronwen Konecky in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis takes an important step toward reconstructing a global history of water over the last 2,000 years.
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A new study suggests the way a language divides up color space can be influenced by contact with other languages. Tsimane’ people who learned Spanish as a second language began to classify blue and green into using separate words, which their nativ ...
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Chinese scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery in wastewater recycling using genetically modified bacteria powered by solar energy. They have found a way to transform contaminated water into valuable chemicals. This research has been publish ...
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Women who receive a false positive mammography result are more likely to develop breast cancer over the subsequent 20 years, report researchers from Karolinska Institutet in a study published in JAMA Oncology. The risk is highest for women aged betwe ...
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Women form just 16% of the nominees for next year’s award, but Nobel laureate Prof Frances Arnold says gender balance will come through girls working in science from a young age