Articles

September 21, 2017

Green Algae Could Hold Clues for Engineering Faster Growing Crops By Yasemin Saplakoglu

Inside the pyrenoid, a carbon-dioxide concentrating structure of algae, are carbon-fixing enzymes called Rubiscos (blue ball-like structures)

September 13, 2017

A New Look for the Simons Foundation Website By Philip Yam

Simons Foundation homepage, with the main title:

Mathematics & Physical Sciences

July 21, 2017

New Initiative Ponders Origins of the Universe By Thomas Sumner

Cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization

Mathematics & Physical Sciences

July 20, 2017

Remembering the Life and Contributions of Fields Medalist Maryam Mirzakhani By Thomas Sumner

Maryan Mirzakhani sitting on a bench outside

July 05, 2017

A Dopamine Dial for Controlling Neural Variability By Alla Katsnelson

A novel type of excitatory cell (magenta) target inhibitory pallidal cells (green) in Area X of the zebrafinch brain

March 27, 2017

Let’s Go Tardigrading: What a Hardy Microscopic Animal Can Teach Us About Scientific Thinking By John Pavlus

Tardigrade under a microscope

Flatiron Institute

March 21, 2017

Neurons in Cerebellum Show Surprising Activity During Learning By Catherine Zandonella

Images of individual granule neurons (orange circle-like objects) in the cerebellum using two-photon microscopy. Each colored line (from top to bottom: purple, red, yellow, turquoise, green) represents the activity of a different neuron as a mouse learned to predict an imminent event — a puff of air to the eye

March 15, 2017

Flatiron Institute to Repurpose ‘Gordon’ Supercomputer at UC San Diego

SDSC's data-intensive 'Gordon' supercomputer