Here is a nice article in Washington Post – – about the adaptive function of sleep. It addresses some of the themes I am interested in. First, the unfortunate fact is that sleep was initially ...

Adaptive Fourier Decomposition: A method that iteratively decomposes a signal into optimally selected Fourier components, tailoring the basis to the signal's unique features.

The importance of these advances in dissecting the cellular basis for adaptive immunity is now recognized through the 2019 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, which has been given to Max ...

The initially planned enrollment of 10,900 patients, with possible early stopping for efficacy on the basis of a gamma (−5) alpha spending function (which generates group-sequential boundaries ...

In his view, the roots of mental illnesses, such as anxiety and depression, lie in essential functions that evolved as building blocks of adaptive behavioural and cognitive function.

Adaptive immunity is a powerful defense mechanism in vertebrates. A finely tuned interplay of different cell types provides a pathogen-specific immune response to eliminate for example bacteria ...

Understanding the material basis of adaptive evolution has been a central goal in biology dating back to at least the time of Darwin. One focus of current debates is whether adaptive evolution ...

Unlocking the genetic basis of adaptive evolution: study reveals complex chromosomal rearrangements in a stick insect. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases ...