The quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) is a nearly periodic reversal in the equatorial stratospheric zonal winds, characterised by alternating easterly and westerly regimes over an average period of ...

It is during sleep when the brain reviews all of the information it received during the day, and either cements it into long term memory or discards it. Until now, the sorting mechanism was a mystery.

A study introduces a scalable 2D human neuron platform to probe how brain-like rhythms emerge and how specific drugs reshape them, aiding epilepsy and autism research.

Throughout the brain's cortex, neurons are arranged in six distinctive layers, which can be readily seen with a microscope. A team of MIT neuroscientists has now found that these layers also show ...

The six anatomical layers of the mammalian brain cortex show distinct patterns of electrical activity which are consistent throughout the entire cortex and across several animal species, including ...

As many believe, the Big Bang started our universe. But not everyone is aware that the early world is nothing like what we can see these days. There's no stars, planets, galaxies or nebulas. For a bit ...