(Note: the PI, or principal investigator, is the research group leader) Alfonso Renart, principal investigator of the Circuit Dynamics & Computation lab at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, develops mathematical models to try to […]
Science (in)verse: Ben Zarov V
Science and art inspire each other to create new forms of expression. Here, at Science (in)Verse, we bring an unusual outcome of this encounter: science-inspired poetry. If you are feeling poetic, we welcome contributions! In […]
Losing neurons can sometimes not be that bad
(Disponível em Português) Current thinking about Alzheimer’s disease is that neuronal cell death in the brain is to blame for the cognitive havoc caused by the disease. But a new study suggests that neuronal death […]
Tumour cells conquer territory from their neighbours using a newly discovered mechanism
(Disponível em Português) How do tumoural cells replace healthy cells to promote tumour progression? Scientists from the Institut Pasteur (Paris, France) and from the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown (Lisbon, Portugal) identified a mechanism that […]
Pain: a sixth sense we can’t live without?
(Disponível em Português) The expression “sixth sense” is often used to refer to some sort of special intuition that gives people the ability to know and perceive things without using the five traditional senses. […]
Science Snapshot: Navigating Virtual Worlds
How can virtual reality be used to study how the brain works? In this episode of Science Snapshots, Eugenia Chiappe, head of the Sensorimotor Integration lab at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, explains […]
Florian Engert: “If you say computers will never beat a human… you’re going to lose”
Will we ever understand the brain? Should we be afraid of artificial intelligence? Will Humankind be surpassed by machines? Harvard neuroscientist Florian Engert shares his views on these matters. If you happened to walk by […]
Science (in)verse: Ben Zarov iv
Science and art inspire each other to create new forms of expression. Here, at Science (in)Verse, we bring an unusual outcome of this encounter: science-inspired poetry. If you are feeling poetic, we welcome contributions! “ […]
Science snapshot: Run faster, learn better
While trying to figure out how connections between neurons change with experience to give rise to learning, the Neural Circuits and Behaviour Lab accidentally stumbled upon an important finding: the existence of a strong […]
Two seemingly opposing forces in the brain actually cooperate to enhance memory formation
(Disponível em Português) The brain has a way to keep nervous activity in check as we learn new things and consolidate memories. Otherwise, it would gradually “saturate”, losing its ability to store any information at […]