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Mathematical theory predicts self-organized learning in real neurons

The experimental setup. Cultured neurons grew on top of electrodes. Patterns of electrical stimulation trained the neurons to reorganize so ...

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Dozens of swimmers fall ill after UK triathlon competition

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain At least 57 people suffered from diarrhea and vomiting after swimming in the sea during the ...

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Robust analysis challenges theory that depression and anxiety increase cancer risk

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Depression and anxiety are thought to increase a person's risk of developing cancer, but research results ...

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Study supports government initiative to give free vapes to disadvantaged people who want to quit smoking

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A government scheme to give out free vapes to smokers appeals to most but not all, ...

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To protect a mother’s health: How abortion ban exemptions play out in a post-‘Roe’ world

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain This pregnancy felt different. After the heartache of more than a dozen miscarriages, Anya Cook was ...

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Mathematical theory predicts self-organized learning in real neurons

The experimental setup. Cultured neurons grew on top of electrodes. Patterns of electrical stimulation trained the neurons to reorganize so ...

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‘Not Going to Change a Hardened Racist’: What We Heard This Week

"Taking some dippy course is not going to change a hardened racist." -- Marilyn Singleton, MD, a Los Angeles-based anesthesiologist, ...

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It Shouldn’t Take Another Pandemic to Invest in Digital Health

Saldanha is chief innovation officer of a health system. The public health emergency, declared in 2020 as a result of ...

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Prenatal Screening Sets Up Younger Babies for Heart Defect Surgery