Friday, December 22, 2006

And the winner is...

A solution to one of the most difficult problems in mathematics was the most important advance of 2006, according to journal Science. New findings on how memories are stored in the brain - the "mechanics" of memories - came in at number 9...

Follow this link to a description of the fidnings on Science's home page.
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/314/5807/1850a

For additional articles on the topic:
http://www.sciencemag.org/sciext/btoy2006/ru_links.html#ltplinks