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09/21/2018
Study of Protein “trafficker” Provides Insight into Autism and Other Brain Disorders

ASTN2 helps move proteins away from the membrane in a timely fashion.​

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09/20/2018
How the Brain Bounces Back: Mouse Study Reveals that Activity, not Rest, Speeds Recovery After Brain Injury

Columbia research finds unexpected resilience in the brain; findings could inform future treatment approaches for patients recuperating from stroke or other brain trauma.

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09/17/2018
Gravitational Waves Provide Dose of Reality About Extra Dimensions

No evidence for extra spatial dimensions, UChicago scientists say.​

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09/17/2018
NASA’s TESS Shares First Science Image in Hunt to Find New Worlds

This “first light” science image captures a wealth of stars and other objects, including systems previously known to have exoplanets.​

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09/11/2018
Next-gen Camera for South Pole Telescope Takes Data on Early Universe

UChicago-led collaboration installed sensitive new instrument in Antarctica .

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09/05/2018
Teenage Brains: Wired to Learn

As teens head back to the classroom, discover what the latest research into the adolescent brain reveals about how they learn.

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08/29/2018
How Your Brain Experiences Time

Researchers at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience have discovered a network of brain cells that express our sense of time within experiences and memories.​

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08/27/2018
Cryo-Electron Microscopy Sheds New Light on Batteries

Technique  helps scientists explore a major problem with Li-metal batteries that can cause short-circuiting, even failure.

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08/20/2018
The Naturally Rational Brain? How People Use, and Lose, Preexisting Biases to Make Decisions

Columbia research shows that the human brain employs precise, mathematical logic to decision-making.

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08/20/2018
Tying Electrons Down With Nanoribbons

Strips of graphene with potential applications in quantum computers.​

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