Bernstein Network News. Find the latest news from our researchers regarding current research results, new research projects and initiatives as well as awards and prizes.
EBRAINS Germany established
EBRAINS Germany, the German National Node of the EBRAINS digital research infrastructure for neuroscience, has been formally established with the signing of a cooperation agreement between the participating institutions: Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ, Node Lead), Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Heidelberg University, Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, and Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience.
More brain than trait: Decoding the neural pathways of curiosity
The fascination for the unknown drives progress. Thanks to it, organisms are able to survive in a constantly changing environment. Curiosity therefore essentially shapes human development. But what is behind it? Researchers hypothesize that curiosity is not so much a fixed character attribute, but rather a complex interplay between different regions of the brain. Dr. Petra Mocellin and the research team led by Prof. Dr. Stefan Remy at the Leibniz Institute of Neurobiology (LIN) have decoded a neuronal circuit in the brain that regulates curiosity for the first time. The results were recently published in the renowned scientific journal Neuron.
AI as a physicist
The development of a new theory is typically associated with the greats of physics. You might think of Isaac Newton or Albert Einstein, for example. Many Nobel Prizes have already been awarded for new theories. Researchers at Forschungszentrum Jülich have now programmed an artificial intelligence that has also mastered this feat. Their AI is able to recognize patterns in complex data sets and to formulate them in a physical theory.
Neurons can feel the pulse in the brain
Researchers at the Faculty for Biology and Preclinical Medicine of the University of Regensburg publish a study in Science
How does artificial intelligence (AI) view the world?
Joschka Boedecker, Ilka Diester and Monika Schoenauer about internal world models in people, animals and AI
Hector Science Award for Klaus-Robert Müller
The award recognizes professors for outstanding research and special commitment to teaching
Innovative approach for treatment-resistant epilepsy
New stimulation method shows success in controlling focal epileptic seizures in animal models
Towards energy-efficient brain-like computers
Researchers from Kiel identify key mechanisms and novel materials for biologically inspired information processing.
The NeuroDevFunc project: Discovering how fruit flies process visual motion generated by self-movement
Researchers at the Faculty of Biology at Mainz University and their French partners receive financing from ANR and DFG for joint projects
A gene-powered journey into the primate brain
The Leibniz Collaborative Excellence Program awards a one million Euro grant to the PRIMADIS project