An axon in a developing brain is faced with a monumental challenge: finding its one perfect partner among billions of other neurons. The human brain contains roughly 100 trillion synapses, each the ...

Every day, your brain makes thousands of decisions under uncertainty. Most of the time, you guess right. When you don't, you learn. But when the brain's ability to judge context or assign meaning ...

Abstract: The escalating prevalence of counterfeit banknotes presents a critical threat to financial integrity, underscoring the urgent need for accurate, low-cost, and widely accessible verification ...

“Right now, DoD customers and federal [contractors] often wait 28 weeks or more for a prototype printed circuit board,” says Ramsdell. “They get a batch of 10, and only one or two might work. By the ...

I used to believe I taught the one genre that artificial intelligence couldn’t touch. For 15 years, I’ve guided college students through the deeply human work of personal narrative, helping them ...

On any given Sunday, churchgoers settle into pews as a clergy person takes an ancient holy text and figures out what it has to say about our lives today. But how would worshippers feel if they found ...

In February 2023, Vanderbilt University’s Peabody School sent an email to students in the wake of a shooting at Michigan State that killed three people. The email was meant to reassure students that ...

Most mission-critical systems need to be designed for near-zero downtime throughout their useful life. So, if a component of such a system fails or needs updating, it must be replaced without ...

Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

A landmark study published by scientists at the University of California San Diego is redefining science’s understanding of the way learning takes place. The findings, published in the journal Nature ...

A printing technology, inspired by the resilience of tree root systems, is set to redefine the future of conformal ...

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