New research shows that a deeply ancient part of the brain can process visual information on its own, without help from the cortex. Scientists found that the superior colliculus, a structure shared by ...

For decades, Europa has been the optimistic counterpoint to a lonely solar system, a small icy world that seemed to tick ...

Enzymes are the molecular machines that power life; they build and break down molecules, copy DNA, digest food, and drive ...

Students will have an opportunity to explore minute details of the natural world when the Bermuda Zoological Society unveils ...

How much does it matter where you are born, or whether you are heavy or light, if you are a house sparrow? Researcher Kenneth ...

Biology has always been an unruly science. Cells divide when they want to. Genes switch on and off like temperamental lights.

We usually assume that tissue folding (the process that creates organs, embryos, and the deep ridges of the human brain) ...

Abstract: Power system studies have relied on physical model-driven methods for decades. However, uncertainties arising from integrating renewable energies, nonlinearities introduced by power ...

A new computational model of the brain based closely on its biology and physiology has not only learned a simple visual ...

Abstract: Computer network technologies have been growing explosively. Teaching computer networking principles can be enhanced using Web-based system. In this paper, a Web application for distance ...