地震の高精度予測技術

Brains are complex things. Man's quest to understand this lump of gray mass has become something of an obsession. In this edition, we learn about two new studies that could help oil the wheels of this cerebral journey. That, and some clever ants. This is alt-week. Should we be concerned about science's continued attempts at controlling the actions of animals? We're giving the benefit of the doubt. For now. But new research using micro-LEDs to wirelessly control the behaviour of mice could make the process less intrusive, and open it up to the use of other sensors. The microscopic device allows the scientists to observe animal activity more naturally than before, too, thanks to it not requiring a tethered light source. Optogenetics is an increasingly popular method of controlling and studying neural activity (remember those cocaine loving rats ?), so this new, lightweight technology should only serve to enhance this area of research, allowing for more complex test...

NUSA DUA, INDONESIA – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin met Monday in Indonesia on the sidelines of a summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum to apparently discuss a range of issues, including a bilateral territorial dispute. The talks in Bali are the fourth direct contact between the Abe and Putin over the past seven months. In past meetings, the two leaders built mutual trust on resolving the dispute, which has prevented the two countries from signing a peace treaty to end World War II, a Japanese official said. On Bali, they are expected to agree to improve security relations via dialogue involving their foreign and defense ministers.  At their meeting last month in St. Petersburg, Russia, on the margins of the Group of 20 summit of major economies, Abe and Putin agreed to hold the countries’ first “two-plus-two” security talks in November in Japan. That will bring Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoig...