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Scientists made ‘mini brains’ in the lab. These can help in Alzheimer’s treatment

At present, there is no cure for Alzheimer’s. It is one of the most prevalent forms of dementia and affects over 55 million people globally according to the World Health Organisation.

An early warning system protects the brain from viral attacks, say scientists

The discovery, published in the journal Immunity by researchers at Rockefeller University, debunks the theory that the brain is unaware of infections until they reach its doors.

Cat brains might help scientists study dementia and Alzheimer’s

Researchers from the UK, US, and France have found that cats, unlike many other lab animals, live long enough to develop age-related brain changes often seen in older humans.

The ‘third eye’ exists. It’s hidden in the brain, say Sussex scientists

A Sussex University study posits how a 600-million-year-old light-sensing organ split to create the modern human eye.

Can magic mushrooms ease depression, anxiety? New study finds 1 dose altered brain anatomy

A study in Nature Communications found one 25 mg dose of psilocybin changed brain anatomy in 28 healthy adults. What it could mean for depression and anxiety treatment.

Tango partners’ brains sync up, new study finds. What it could mean for human communication

A University of Colorado Boulder study has found that tango partners' brainwaves sync as they dance. Devices that track 'neural synchronisation' could change how humans coordinate without speaking.

Optimists think alike, but pessimism hits everyone differently, find Japanese, Australian researchers

Researchers did functional magnetic resonance imaging to probe into brain activity in 87 participants as they thought of different future events marked as positive, neutral or negative.

IIT Madras releases detailed 3D images of human foetal brain. Can help understand developmental disorders

Named DHARANI, data set contains 5,132 brain sections captured digitally. Team has also developed a detailed 3D atlas of the brain, marking over 500 regions with cellular resolutions. 

Scientists find ‘dial’ in brain that controls immune system, hope for autoimmune disease treatment

Study by Columbia University neuroimmunologists published in Nature shows brain maintains balance between molecular immune system signals that induce inflammation & those that decrease it. 

How does our brain form long-term memories? By breaking & repairing DNA, US study finds

The study published in Nature & conducted by scientists from Albert Einstein College of Medicine shows bad experiences cause DNA to break and repair, helping form long-term memory.

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Pakistan’s paradox under Asim Munir: A broker for the world, a bruised state for citizens

Pakistan is busy monetising on geopolitical disorder even as disorder consumes its own peripheries.

Despite PM Modi’s appeal to cut fertiliser use, farmers show no sign of scaling back—Parliament data

Combined sales of urea, DAP, MOP and complex fertilisers rose 25 percent in April even as Modi asked farmers to cut chemical fertiliser use by up to half to save soil and foreign exchange

Gen VN Sharma, who led Army in the turbulent late eighties, dies at 97

Hailing from an illustrious military family, he was son of Maj Gen Amar Nath Sharma. His eldest brother Maj Som Nath Sharma is the first recipient of the posthumous Param Vir Chakra.

Youth’s struggles won’t end with Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation. Govt must decentralise education

Our education system is a destroyer of all talent by enforcing learning by rote, pushing students to coaching classes to ‘crack’ competitive exams. And then, papers leak.