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02/07/2019
Pinpointing the Cells That Control the Brain’s Memory Flow

Columbia-led discovery in mice aids efforts to map the circuitry of the brain’s learning center; stands to inform studies of psychiatric disorders in which this circuitry goes awry.

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02/05/2019
Researchers from TU Delft Combine Spintronics and Nanophotonics in 2-D Material

The discovery might lead to the development of an energy-efficient way of processing data.​

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02/04/2019
Nanoscale Guitar String ‘Executes a Complex Dance’

Researchers devised a way to listen to a nanoscale guitar for the first time – and then played the Cornell alma mater on it.​

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02/04/2019
CO2 Soil Sequestration Plan Aims to Relieve Atmospheric Warming

An international group of scientists co-led by a Cornell professor reports that solutions for sequestering carbon might literally be right under our feet.​

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01/28/2019
3D Printed Implant Promotes Nerve Cell Growth to Treat Spinal Cord Injury

In rat models, the novel scaffolding mimicked natural anatomy and boosted stem cell-based treatment; the approach is scalable to humans and advances effort toward clinical trials.

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01/18/2019
How the Brain Decides Whether to Hold ’Em or Fold ’Em

Johns Hopkins study sheds light on brain basis of risk-taking behavior

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01/11/2019
Astronomers Observe Evolution of a Black Hole as it Wolfs Down Stellar Material

Halo of highly energized electrons around the black hole contracts dramatically during feeding frenzy.

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01/11/2019
X-ray Pulse Detected Near Event Horizon as Black Hole Devours Star

Pulse pattern suggests distant black hole must be spinning at least at 50 percent the speed of light.​

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01/08/2019
TESS Discovers Its Third New Planet, With Longest Orbit Yet

Measurements indicate a dense, gaseous, “sub-Neptune” world, three times the size of Earth.​

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01/08/2019
NASA's TESS Rounds Up its First Planets, Snares Far-flung Supernovae

The new discoveries show that TESS is delivering on its goal of discovering planets around nearby bright stars.​

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