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31.12.2009 Evolution caught in the act

Different strains of the common thale cress Arabidopsis thaliana; Image: Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology The Illumina Sequenzer is used to screen the entire Arabidopsis genome within a very short time; Image: Bernd Schuller / Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology The common thale cress Arabidopsis thaliana in a growth chamber at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology; Image: Bernd Schuller / Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology Modern DNA-Sequencers are used to decode the DNA of Arabidopsis thaliana in very short time. Image: Jia-Wei Wang and Yu Chang / Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology Scientists from all over the world are working at the Weigel lab; Image: Gertrud Scheer / Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology

US-German team measures how quickly genomes change» read more
Category: Press Release, News, Developmental Biology
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21.12.2009 A facial expression is worth a thousand words

Interpreting this facial expression correctly (as a „thoughtful“ expression) is very difficult based on this photo alone. When showing the corresponding video sequence, however, recognition becomes easy, which underlines the importance of the temporal dimension for effective communication. How a human recognizes a face (clip).

Moving pictures are more suitable to interpret the mood of a person than a static photograph.» read more
Category: Press Release, Biological Cybernetics
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07.12.2009 How to read brain activity?

The electroencephalogram (EEG) is widely used by physicians and scientists to study brain function and to diagnose neurological disorders. Photo: Kevin Whittingstall/Max Planck Institute for Biolological Cybernetics The electroencephalogram (EEG) is widely used by physicians and scientists to study brain function and to diagnose neurological disorders. Photo: Kevin Whittingstall/Max Planck Institute for Biolological Cybernetics

For the very first time, scientists have shown what EEG can really tell us about brain functioning» read more
Category: Press Release, Biological Cybernetics
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03.12.2009 A special kind of flight training

Prof. Dr. Heinrich Bülthoff conducting a perception experiment in the flight simulator in of the Cyberneum in Tübingen. Image: Anne Faden/Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics

A new generation of flight simulators will attempt to make air traffic safer» read more
Category: Press Release, Biological Cybernetics, News
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