Scientists have found an efficient way to enhance the nutritional value of corn — the world’s largest commodity crop — by inserting a bacterial gene that causes it to produce …read more Source:: Science
Day: October 9, 2017
Huge energy potential in open ocean wind farms in the North Atlantic
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•Because wind speeds are higher on average over ocean than over land, wind turbines in the open ocean could in theory intercept more than five times as much energy as …read more Source:: Science
Human brain recalls visual features in reverse order than it detects them
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•New research has contributed to solving a paradox of perception, literally upending models of how the brain constructs interpretations of the outside world. When observing a scene, the brain first …read more Source:: Science
‘Turbo charge’ for your brain?
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•Two brain regions — the medial frontal and lateral prefrontal cortices — control most executive function. Researchers used high-definition transcranial alternating current stimulation (HD-tACS) to synchronize oscillations between them, improving …read more Source:: Science
Amazon farmers discovered the secret of domesticating wild rice 4,000 years ago
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•Amazonian farmers discovered how to manipulate wild rice so the plants could provide more food 4,000 years ago, long before Europeans colonized America, archaeologists have discovered. …read more Source:: Science