Emotion and scent create lasting memories -- even in a sleeping ...

Emotion And Scent Create Lasting Memories -- Even In...
In a series of experiments with sleeping mice, researchers at the Duke University Medical Center have shown that the part of the brain that processes scents is indeed a key part of forming...

Old and young brains rely on different systems to...
(Duke University Medical Center) Neuroscientists from Duke University Medical Center have discovered that older people use their brains differently than younger people when it comes to...

Scientists identify machinery that helps make memories
(Duke University Medical Center) Duke University Medical Center researchers have identified a missing-link molecule that helps to explain the process of plasticity in the brain during memory...

Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love
"If you want flashes and particular experiences of romantic love, read novels. If you want to understand this central quality of human nature to its roots, read Why We Love." —Edward O....

The Perfect Machine: Building the Palomar Telescope
Almost a half-century after is completion, the 200-inch Palomar telescope remains an unparalleled combination of vast scale and microscope detail. As huge as the Pantheon of Rome and as heavy...