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Jordana Cepelewicz

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EMBRYO TAIL IN TRANSITION
Abstractions blog

‘Traffic Jams’ of Cells Help to Sculpt Embryos

By Jordana Cepelewicz
September 27, 2018
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By measuring mechanical forces inside an embryo for the first time, researchers have shown how a physical “jamming” mechanism assists development.

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New AI Strategy Mimics How Brains Learn to Smell

By Jordana Cepelewicz
September 18, 2018
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Machine learning techniques are commonly based on how the visual system processes information. To beat their limitations, scientists are drawing inspiration from the sense of smell.

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To Heal Some Wounds, Adult Cells Turn More Fetal

By Jordana Cepelewicz
August 29, 2018
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Once again, body cells reveal unexpected plasticity: In a newly discovered type of wound healing, which some researchers call “paligenosis,” adult cells revert to a more fetal state.

Abstractions blog

How Insulin Helped Create Ant Societies

By Jordana Cepelewicz
August 14, 2018
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Evolution may have coopted an ancient metabolic mechanism to set social insects on the path toward one of the most puzzling behaviors found in nature.

Abstractions blog

Why Nature Prefers Couples, Even for Yeast

By Jordana Cepelewicz
July 17, 2018
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Some species have the equivalent of many more than two sexes, but most do not. A new model suggests the reason depends on how often they mate.

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neuroscience

To Make Sense of the Present, Brains May Predict the Future

By Jordana Cepelewicz
July 10, 2018
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A controversial theory suggests that perception, motor control, memory and other brain functions all depend on comparisons between ongoing actual experiences and the brain’s modeled expectations.

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The Physics of Glass Opens a Window Into Biology

By Jordana Cepelewicz
June 11, 2018
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The physicist Lisa Manning studies the dynamics of glassy materials to understand embryonic development and disease.

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neuroscience

Overtaxed Working Memory Knocks the Brain Out of Sync

By Jordana Cepelewicz
June 6, 2018
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Researchers find that when working memory gets overburdened, dialogue between three brain regions breaks down. The discovery provides new support for a larger concept about how the brain works.

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ecology

A Thermodynamic Answer to Why Birds Migrate

By Jordana Cepelewicz
May 7, 2018
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New modeling studies suggest that birds migrate to strike a favorable balance between their input and output of energy.


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