Daily Archives: November 8, 2018

Fluctuating deformation of borosilicate glass

Glass is hard and brittle at room temperature, but can be very soft when it is heated to above its glass transition temperature. That is the reason that glass craftsmen can create various shapes of beautiful glassware.

More than just a reward molecule, dopamine helps us avoid harm

It is well known that the mesocorticolimbic dopamine system guides behavior as animals seek rewards from their environment. During the pursuit of reward, subsecond dopamine release events within this pathway represent information related to the rewarding outcome