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August 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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The Human Brain Project significantly advanced our understanding of the brain. This improved understanding is also helping to advance AI technologies, from neuromorphic computing, modelled on the human brain, to cognitive robotics.

Read the article in Horizon Magazine: tinyurl.com/uwvzbu3z
Mapping the mind – EU-funded research unlocks secrets of the human brain
Recent breakthroughs in neuroscience sound almost like miracles: neurostimulation techniques that help paralysed patients to walk again, or an implant that could help restore vision to the blind. Thes...
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November 12, 2024 at 8:52 AM
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Are there any science sleuths from Africa here? Do you know any? Trying to diversify my network.
Science sleuth = anyone scanning the scientific literature for problems or potential fraud, in images, tables, statistics, etc.
Hit me in DM or here.
Thank you ❤️
November 18, 2024 at 4:52 PM
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We proudly present the 2024 winners of the #EinsteinFoundationAward:
🏆Individual Award: Elisabeth Bik
@elisabethbik.bsky.social
🏆Institutional Award: PubPeer
🏆Early Career Award: PixelQuality @helenajambor.bsky.social

➡️https://www.einsteinfoundation.de/presse/2024/18112024-09/24
November 18, 2024 at 1:16 PM
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Absolutely thrilled to have won the @einsteinberlin.bsky.social Individual #EinsteinFoundationAward.

Big congrats to PubPeer and @helenajambor.bsky.social for winning in their categories.
We proudly present the 2024 winners of the #EinsteinFoundationAward:
🏆Individual Award: Elisabeth Bik
@elisabethbik.bsky.social
🏆Institutional Award: PubPeer
🏆Early Career Award: PixelQuality @helenajambor.bsky.social

➡️https://www.einsteinfoundation.de/presse/2024/18112024-09/24
November 18, 2024 at 2:55 PM