Articles

November 19, 2018

Why Neuroscience Needs Data Scientists By Emily Singer

Image showing how researchers separate raw calcium imaging data (top, left) into several components, including contributions from single neurons (color) and uncorrelated noise. Here, the denoised data is compressed 100-fold compared to the raw video with minimal visible loss of signal

November 15, 2018

Career Day Inverted: Students Glimpse STEM Careers in Action By Thomas Sumner

Center for Computational Quantum Physics research scientist Miles Stoudenmire leads an activity about magnets during the STEM Matters NYC Career Day

November 14, 2018

The Genetic Riddle Wrapped in a Chromatin Mystery By John Pavlus

The nucleosome, the basic building block of chromatin, harbors DNA within a shell of histones. This model is based on x-ray crystallographic data from Crystal Structure of the Nucleosome Core Particle at 2.8 Å Resolution

Flatiron Institute

November 13, 2018

Enormous ‘Ghost’ Galaxy Spotted on Outskirts of Milky Way By Thomas Sumner

The Milky Way with the Large Magellanic Cloud (bottom-right) and Antila 2 (top-left)

November 08, 2018

Uncovering Serotonin Secrets in Muscle Movement By John Pavlus

Portrait photo of Sara Fenstermacher

October 26, 2018

Noise-Cancelling Method Enhances Ability to Predict Behavior from Brain Activity By Grace Lindsay

Underlying patterns in how neurons interact over time: each line represents the progression of neural activity in motor cortex as an animal reaches in different directions

Flatiron Institute

October 25, 2018

DNA ‘Dances’ in First Explanation of How Genetic Material Flows Through a Nucleus By Thomas Sumner

Lengths of DNA meander around the nucleus of a human cell

Science, Society & Culture

October 24, 2018

Watch: A Brooklyn Warehouse as a Crucible for New Ideas

Janna Levin’s “Scientific Controversies” series at Pioneer Works