Centro de Biofisica y Neurociencias

02/12/2023

Researchers discovered that brittle stars, brainless marine creatures, can learn through experience, a finding that challenges our understanding of learning and intelligence.

13/10/2023

The Maya constructed wetlands to store water as early as 400 BCE, taking advantage of the ability of aquatic plants to clean water. These sophisticated water systems offer lessons for modern water management. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/So2V50PVKTS

27/08/2023

Nature News & Comment

24/08/2023

Scientists and philosophers are proposing a checklist based on theories of human consciousness

24/08/2023

18/07/2023

: Research from University of Calgary used the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study of approximately 11,000 9-10 year-old children in the US to investigate longer-term impacts of early birth on brain structure.

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03/07/2023

Basaltic glass catalyzes nucleoside triphosphates to form molecules of RNA up to 300 molecules long under conditions similar to the early Earth. Using previous research showing nucleotide bases exist in some meteorites, and that conditions on early Earth could turn these bases into triphosphate.

28/06/2023

09/06/2023

Researchers investigated the impact of dietary flavanols on cognitive aging.

30/05/2023

Precursors of the molecules needed for the origin of life may have been generated by chemical reactions promoted by iron-rich particles from meteors or volcanic eruptions on Earth approximately 4.4 billion years ago, according to a study in Scientific Reports. https://go.nature.com/3oze0pW