In stereo: neurons shift gears between thoughts using brain rhythms
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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 18-Nov-2025 19:11 ET (19-Nov-2025 00:11 GMT/UTC)
How individual neurons respond to brain rhythms is crucial to uncovering how the brain supports real-time navigation. New research shows that hippocampal neurons can process information from multiple brain rhythms simultaneously, revealing how the brain organizes thoughts, memory and behavior. This discovery offers a new understanding of how the brain organizes thoughts for navigation, memories and behaviors and may have important significance for neurological conditions implicated to spatial memory and learning like epilepsy, Alzheimer’s disease and schizophrenia.
Chuo University ELSI Center and The University of Osaka established the Research Center on Ethical, Legal and Social Issues (The University of Osaka ELSI Center) jointly hosted the "University ELSI Summit", a two-day event held on March 15th and 16th, 2025 (Saturday-Sunday) at Chuo University's Korakuen Campus (Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan).
ELSI (Ethical, Legal and Social Issues) and RRI (Responsible Research and Innovation) are seeing rapid development globally. These approaches are being examined across various fields both domestically and internationally. The ELSI University Summit focused on ELSI and RRI initiatives in academia and industry. These initiatives concentrate on research areas related to advanced AI and social challenges. The summit included reports from multiple stakeholders responsible for development, utilization, and regulation — including the business community, government agencies, educational institutions, science and engineering researchers, and humanities researchers. In addition, through Q&A sessions and panel discussions, the summit engaged in intensive discussions about their respective roles and the importance of collaboration. The event attracted a total of 607 on-site participants and online ones.
EuroHeartPath aims to transform cardiovascular care across Europe by analysing how care is organised and identifying best practices.
The project will conduct 18 ‘pathfinder’ studies to improve early detection, diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of heart conditions, with a strong focus on prevention.
The four key study areas will be AI & machine learning, digital health, point-of-care testing and technology & robotics.
The project’s vision is a future with significantly reduced burden of heart disease on patients, healthcare systems, and economies.