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FENS (The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies) and The Kavli Foundation have announced the first FENS-Kavli Scholars – 20 young European neurosciencists chosen for the…
May-Britt and Edvard Moser from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim were elected members of the American Philosophical Society at…
Can dead neurons grow again in stroke patients? And, how far are the research from brain transplantation of the whole or parts of the…
The brain’s GPS would be worthless if it simply contained maps of our surroundings that were not aligned to the real world. But we…
The brain has an enormous capacity to store memories and to keep memories from getting mixed up in part because of how these memories…
When May-Britt Moser gave her Nobel lecture on Sunday, she had some help from the audience. At her signal Moser’s colleagues stood up in…
Nobel Laureates and neuroscientists May-Britt and Edvard Moser described how they made their prize-winning discovery in their Nobel lectures on Sunday 7 December. They…
Edvard and May-Britt Moser finished their Nobel lecture with a music video where NTNU music professors improvised over a Norwegian folk tune. The video…
Watch the Nobel Lectures 2014 online Sunday 7 December 1 pm – 3.15 pm. The Nobel Lectures in Physiology or Medicine will be held…
Animal welfare is important for Nobel laureates May-Britt and Edvard Moser. Not just because that is how it should be, but also because the…