(Disponível em Português) During the 19th century, natural history museums did more than display bits of nature. They were active sites of research and, as such, provided some of the few paid jobs for aspiring […]
How the brain makes choices: the sinuous path from decision to action
(Disponível em Português) Although the decisions we make greatly affect our everyday life, how we deliberate and commit is a complex process that we only partially understand. Imagine you have just flicked a lighter. If […]
Lab Comics
Inspired by: Real Life. More Lab Comics: About Lab Comics: Serious research can sometimes inspire some seriously silly thoughts… We are looking for more whimsical contributions, so do send us your science-doodles anytime! Liad Hollender […]
Mapping the neural circuit of innate responses to odors
(Disponível em Português) Animal responses to odors can be learned or innate. The innate capacity to discern between an appetizing and a foul – i.e. dangerous – odor is essential, from the start, to guide […]
Science snapshot: Understanding Collective behaviour
Where is George? Ask this software to look at the crowd! idtracker.ai is a mix of conventional algorithms and artificial intelligence developed at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown by the Collective Behaviour lab. […]
Where is George? Ask this software to look at the crowd
(Disponível em Português) (Watch video interview with the authors here) Idtracker.ai is a mix of conventional algorithms and artificial intelligence developed at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown. From the video footage of a moving […]
Life of PI: Searching for the mechanistic explanations of brain function
(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 […]