Scientists Think They’ve Found the Region of the Brain That Regulates Conscious Perception

A new experiment suggests that the thalamus plays a key role in humans becoming consciously aware of stimuli their brain receives.

WIRED

Enhancing #Plants and #Fungi Symbiosis

https://happydaze.io/enhancing-plants-and-fungi-symbiosis/

#scientists use small #peptides to enhance symbiosis between plants and fungi, offering a #sustainable alternative to artificial #fertilizers

Enhancing Plants and Fungi Symbiosis

Scientists use small peptides to enhance symbiosis between plants and fungi, offering a sustainable alternative to artificial fertilizers.

Happy Daze

@Tarnport Not much happening in Norway this morning. Main top story & headline on national main news NRK is telling us you @Tarnport, will get more US company in France. Liked that doorshot

EDIT: As a matter of fact, 242 American researchers have applied for jobs at the University of Aix-Marseille. “This is a big discussion throughout Europe,” says the rector of the University of Oslo.
https://www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/actualites/safe-place-science-aix-marseille-universite-ready-welcome-american-scientists

#France #US #Scientists

Safe Place For Science: Aix Marseille University ready to welcome American scientists | Aix Marseille Université

In a context where some scientists in the United States may feel threatened or hindered in their research, our university is announcing the launch of the Safe Place For Science program, dedicated to welcoming scientists wishing to pursue their work in an environment conducive to innovation, excellence and academic freedom.As a major player in European research, Aix-Marseille University offers cutting-edge infrastructures, major international collaborations and strong support for scientists working on groundbreaking, forward-looking themes.

Scientists Develop New Method For Lab-Grown Meat | OGN Daily

Researchers in Japan claim to have had a “breakthrough” in the cultivation of lab-grown meat.

Only Good News Daily
Judge orders ICE to move detained Tufts student to Vermont from Louisiana by May 1

Judge William Sessions' order also stated the constitutional concerns raised by Rümeysa Öztürk and her attorneys warrant "full and fair consideration."

Vermont Public
The #USA is about to see a mass exodus of it scientists and academics - Nearly 300 #scientists apply for #French academic program amid #Trump cuts in U.S. #Science #research https://www.npr.org/2025/04/18/nx-s1-5368132/us-researchers-scientists-apply-french-university-program
There's broad consensus among #climate #scientists that the overwhelming priority is to cut #greenhousegas #emissions, the chief cause of #globalwarming.
But many scientists also believe that part of the solution will have to involve capturing some of the gases that have already been released. What makes #SeaCure interesting is that it is testing whether it might be more efficient to pull planet-warming #carbon from the sea, since it is present in greater concentrations.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr788kljlklo
Could taking carbon out of the sea cool down the planet?

A pilot project will test whether it is a useful way of fighting climate change.

#S4F Wageningen will continue supporting the fight against the gouvernment's attack on #science via brutal and devastating budget cuts! #Universities are places of liberalism and universalism and this is why the extreme right wing Dutch gouvernment is attacking them.
#Scientists were the first ones to ring the alarm bell regarding #climate change.
We won't let us or others be silenced! We won't let our universities be dismantled!

#Nederland #Netherland

🚀 Breaking news: #Scientists twist metal! 🔄 Apparently, shoving stainless steel into a blender creates a magical 'anti-crash wall'. 🛡️ Meanwhile, the article itself? Just a "400 Bad Request" masterpiece of security policy art! 🖼️🔒
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-04-stainless-steel-technique-submicron-anti.html #BreakingNews #Technology #Innovation #AntiCrashWall #SecurityPolicy #HackerNews #ngated
Stainless steel strengthened: Twisting technique creates submicron 'anti-crash wall'

A combined team of metallurgists, materials scientists and engineers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shandong University and the Georgia Institute of Technology has developed a way to make stainless steel more resistant to metal fatigue. In their study published in the journal Science, the group developed a new twisting technique that functions as an "anti-crash wall" in the steel, giving it much more strength and resistance to cyclic creep.

Historical reversals.

Americans, it’s time to move to Europe

A slightly superficial article iun many ways, but having lived in the US and now living in Europe (Scotland) with a US partner (who would not go back) a lot of it is good stuff. And that is before you have to consider the current fascist danger or even trivial things such as gun crime.

http://archive.today/2025.04.17-142942/https://www.ft.com/content/fcf98995-0a5b-4b97-82cf-fb31ca3515e9

#Emigrate #Scientists #QualityOfLife#USPol #FinancialTimes #Opinion