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According to Heather Nenov, an ophthalmologist from Stein Optometric Center, light entering the eye at a consistent brightness activates photoreceptors at the back of the eye.WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BIKE LIGHTSAARON RICKELAUGUST 26, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINE
Depending on trim level, there are massaging seats, power-adjustable pedals, motion-activated liftgate and captain’s chairs instead of a bench seat in the second row.VEHICLES TO RIDE OUT A PANDEMICJOE PHILLIPSAUGUST 22, 2020WASHINGTON BLADE
In real time, they looked at how neurons in the hippocampus activated in response to fear, and found that they tend to transmit the information to the amygdala—the emotion center—more than average.TOWARDS ‘ETERNAL SUNSHINE’? NEW LINKS FOUND BETWEEN MEMORY AND EMOTIONSHELLY FANJULY 28, 2020SINGULARITY HUB
By better understanding the blood messengers involved, we could artificially activate this pathway and potentially protect the mental essence of what makes you you—even as your brain falters with age or disease.COUCH POTATO NO MORE: HOW THE BENEFITS OF EXERCISE TRANSFER TO THE BRAINSHELLY FANJULY 14, 2020SINGULARITY HUB
In mice with light-sensitive neurons, the team activated multiple glomeruli with a specific pattern, which generated a hallucinatory sense of a particular scent—even if it wasn’t there and didn’t exist in nature.A HIGHWAY TO SMELL: HOW SCIENTISTS USED LIGHT TO INCEPT SMELL IN MICESHELLY FANJULY 1, 2020SINGULARITY HUB
Researchers have discovered ways to activate CRISPR with light and use the gene-editing technology to better understand Alzheimer’s disease progression.A RENAISSANCE OF GENOMICS AND DRUGS IS EXTENDING HUMAN LONGEVITYPETER H. DIAMANDIS, MDJUNE 26, 2020SINGULARITY HUB
When activated, it dumps out boats of dopamine, which drift to the electrode and chemically react with it—mimicking the process of dopamine docking onto a biological neuron.SCIENTISTS USED DOPAMINE TO SEAMLESSLY MERGE ARTIFICIAL AND BIOLOGICAL NEURONSSHELLY FANJUNE 23, 2020SINGULARITY HUB
The team printed a scaffold containing these cells into mice, which suffered from muscle injury, and shined light to activate the printed tissue.SCIENTISTS 3D PRINTED EARS INSIDE LIVING MICE USING LIGHTSHELLY FANJUNE 9, 2020SINGULARITY HUB
To make sure that the result is specific to the task, rather than inadvertently over-activating multiple brain regions, the team then tried the same stimulation recipe for the motor cortex, which isn’t involved in the choice task.HOW SCIENTISTS INFLUENCED MONKEYS’ DECISIONS USING ULTRASOUND IN THEIR BRAINSSHELLY FANMAY 27, 2020SINGULARITY HUB
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab activated plastic explosives hidden in his underwear as a flight from Amsterdam descended into Detroit on Christmas Day 2009.TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TAKES AIM AT IMMIGRANTS FROM AFRICATRUTHBETOLDAPRIL 30, 2020TRUTHBETOLD.NEWS
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
JUNE 14, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO ACTIVATE
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