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Vision: light and neuronal activity

Vision: light and neuronal activity

The movie shows how the vision system functions; how light is transformed by the brain; which brain regions are responsible for the vision functions; the neuronal activities related to the vision functions

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08/07/2008

An ESOF tale

The EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF), Europe’s leading biannual dialogue platform for scientists by scientists, kicks off this month in Barcelona. The theme for 2008 is ‘Science for a Better Life’.   ESOF2008 is hosted by EuroScience, a grass-roots organisation representing all...

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Source: EUROPA
EU continues support for Solomon Islands project 23/07/2008

The Government of Solomon Islands, a country in Melanesia consisting of almost 1 000 islands, recently announced that the EU-backed Phase 3 Micro-Project, which targets growth and sustainable rural de...

Source: CORDIS
EU green-lights airline emission cutbacks 24/07/2008

imageEffective as of January 2012, airlines will be included in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS). The European Parliament gav...

Source: EURACTIV
EU 27 eye increased EU action on space 23/07/2008

All member states are politically committed to promoting more EU action on space, the French Presidency said after a two-day informal meeting of the bloc's ministers for space. But the issue of where ...

Source: France24
Astrophysics: Northern, Southern Lights powered by magnetic explosions 25/07/2008

Scientists using data provided from NASA satellites have finally unraveled the mystery behind the multicoloured aurora borealis and aurora australis, saying that the spectacular light shows are trigge...

Source: EuroScience.net
Blind Citation Factors 24/07/2008

Impact factors and citation indices are a somewhat gold standard to measure quality and productivity of a scientist. But critics question the validity of these measures. Now, Jürgen Kaube writes ...

Source: AlphaGalileo
ALPHAGALILEO SITE CLOSURE 29/03/2008

AlphaGalileo is preparing to transfer to a new server and hosting arrangements over the weekend. To enable this process the AlphaGalileo server will be off-line during this weekend and early next week...

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