Tag: mice
Research with Mice May Explain How the Placebo Effect Works
The mice had to be placed in a painful situation in order to trigger a placebo effect. With humans, it is often just a matter of communicating orally.
Sleeping Mice Show How the Brain Lays Down Memories
Studies of mice running mazes have shed light on the sharp waves of neurons that assist in forming memories.
Summer Seminar on ID Is a Glorious (and Cost-Free) Opportunity
The setting is idyllic — towers of red rock and ponderous pines, and numberless critters, from deer to bobcats to garter snakes (I caught a cute one).
Sleep — Designed for Our Good
The evolutionary mindset operates as a major obstacle to the scientific understanding of sleep.
I Just Want to Say One Word to You: Graphene
Graphene was first characterized in 2004 when two researchers took graphite and exfoliated individual sheets of graphene using scotch tape.