New genetic research reveals the complex demographic history of Vanuatu, explaining how Austronesian languages were retained throughout its history despite near-total replacement of early Austronesian-Lapita with Papuan ancestry Continue reading “Ancient DNA reveals genetic replacement despite language continuity in the South Pacific”
In Greece there is a unique in its kind Laboratory in whole Europe
In the courtyard of the traditional building in Kalamata (the capital of South/East Peloponnese) where the Department of History, Archeology and Cultural Resources Management of the University of Peloponnese is set since 2003, Greek students enjoy the sunshine sitting together with colleagues from the U.S., Slovenia and Turkey who have moved in Kalamata in order to attend in English language the Master’s program “CultTech” (Cultural Heritage Materials and Technologies), while a Canadian has already graduated and returned to his homeland. Continue reading “In Greece there is a unique in its kind Laboratory in whole Europe”
The increasingly efficient teenage brain
Some brain networks become more densely connected during adolescence while others become less so, according to a new analysis published in eNeuro of neuroimaging data collected from more than 700 children and adolescents from the Philadelphia Neurodevelopmental Cohort. These changes in network connectivity may underlie the refinement of cognitive abilities that develop during the teenage years. Continue reading “The increasingly efficient teenage brain”
Molecular mechanisms of memory formation revealed
MIT neuroscientists have uncovered a cellular pathway that allows specific synapses to become stronger during memory formation. The findings provide the first glimpse of the molecular mechanism by which long-term memories are encoded in a region of the hippocampus called CA3. Continue reading “Molecular mechanisms of memory formation revealed”
Children as young as 3 have brain network devoted to interpreting thoughts of other people
Humans use an ability known as theory of mind every time they make inferences about someone else’s mental state — what the other person believes, what they want, or why they are feeling happy, angry, or scared. Continue reading “Children as young as 3 have brain network devoted to interpreting thoughts of other people”
Mathematician-M.D. introduces a new methodology suggesting a solution to one of the greatest open problems in the history of mathematics
Athanassios Fokas, a mathematician from the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics of the University of Cambridge and visiting professor in the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering has announced a novel method suggesting a solution to one of the long-standing problems in the history of mathematics, the Lindelöf Hypothesis. Continue reading “Mathematician-M.D. introduces a new methodology suggesting a solution to one of the greatest open problems in the history of mathematics”
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