New research on brainwaves in the thalamus shows patterns distinctly linked to conscious states.

For centuries, people have wondered what separates being awake from being asleep, dreaming, or unconscious. Scientists have ...

Cognitive phenomena such as conscious perception and attention are associated with cortical oscillatory activity in the frequency range from lower than one to a few hundred Hertz 1,2,3,4. A number of ...

Bloch oscillations are periodic oscillations of quantum particles in a repeating energy "landscape" (e.g., a crystal lattice) that are subjected to a constant force. These particle motions have been ...

Researchers have discovered a new type of plasma oscillation that behaves unlike anything seen before. These plasma waves can move independently of the plasma’s physical properties, even faster than ...

These motions were measured by analyzing 10 years of observations from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). Using computer models, the scientists have shown that the newly discovered oscillations ...

A bevy of intricate biochemical fluctuations inside cells rule the natural world. Scientists are trying to figure out how they all work. Living things must deal with a universe that is both regular ...

The goal of ''Femtochemistry'' is to film and control chemical reactions with short flashes of light. Using consecutive laser pulses, atomic bonds can be excited precisely and broken as desired. So ...

Ocean-atmosphere oscillations are naturally occurring cycles affecting sea surface temperature and precipitation. They are among the key reasons why some years are dry and plagued by drought while ...