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Growing neurons rely on chemical cues to find their targets, but new research shows that the brain’s physical properties help shape those signals. Scientists discovered that tissue stiffness can ...

New research has settled the debate between ‘kiss-and-run’ and ‘full-collapse’ fusion to explain how neurons transmit signals across synapses. Scientists from the University of Science and Technology ...

Group picture: from left to right: Neus Sanfeliu-Cerdán, Frederic Català-Castro, and Michael Krieg at their laboratory at ICFO. Credit: ICFO. How do embryos develop? Why does the cortex of the ...

Modern artificial intelligence systems, from robotic surgery to high-frequency trading, rely on processing streams of raw data in real time. Extracting important features quickly is critical, but ...