It is well-known that mice infected by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii lose their innate aversion to cats. New research is now starting to shed more light on the precise nature of the behavioral changes that […]
Humans of Science: Tony Bell
Who are today’s scientists? Inspired by the project “Humans of New York”, Ar Magazine turns the spotlight on individual humans of science every month. Name: Tony Bell Projects: Neural data analysis, multilayer unsupervised learning, the […]
John Krakauer: “We’re in the grips of a totalizing belief in data and techniques”
Will the study of the most fine-grained neural workings of the brain, thanks to ever more powerful techniques, enable researchers to claim they understand the brain and the behaviors it produces? There are serious reasons […]
SCIENCE SNAPSHOT: intercepting tumour communications
(Disponível em Português) To celebrate Champalimaud Research’s tenth anniversary, a photo exhibit and an accompanying video series bring you snapshots of its scientists and their work. snapshot 2: Intercepting tumour communications Group name: Systems Oncology. […]
Linda Partridge: “We want to tackle old age ill health”
Scientists hope that one day a “cocktail” of drugs will be available to allow people to live full lives until the very end by averting the major killer diseases that accompany ageing, such as dementia, […]
Humans of Science: Basma Husain
Who are today’s scientists? Inspired by the project “Humans of New York”, Ar Magazine turns the spotlight on individual humans of science every month. Name: Basma Husain Lab: Neuroethology Lab Project title: The role of […]
Science snapshot: To flee or not to flee?
(Disponível em Português) To celebrate Champalimaud Research’s tenth anniversary, a photo exhibit and an accompanying video series bring you snapshots of its scientists and their work. snapshot 1: To flee, or not to flee? Group […]
Humans of Science: Bassam Atallah
Who are today’s scientists? Inspired by the project “Humans of New York”, Ar Magazine turns the spotlight on individual humans of science every month. Name: Bassam Atallah Lab: Systems Neuroscience Project Title: Olfactory predictive coding […]
Scientists discover the “adrenaline” of the immune system
(Disponível em Português) Who would have imagined that neurons are the masters of the immune system, eliciting an immediate and very powerful response from immune cells against infection? Scientists at the Champalimaud Centre for […]
HIDDEN DEEP IN THE BRAIN, A MAP THAT GUIDES ANIMALS’ MOVEMENTS
(Disponível em Português) What if you could look deep into the brain and watch the activity of hundreds of neurons in a moving animal? Now, with miniature mobile microscopes attached to the head of […]