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Twenty years of beat perception research: separating convincing evidence from premature claims. The seemingly trivial ability to hear a regular pulse in music is a remarkable—and perhaps distinctively human—feature of the brain. In a wide-ranging critical review, Gábor Háden of the HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences and Henkjan Honing [...]

Artificial modification of DNA has been possible for decades, but the development of CRISPR-Cas systems for genome modification marked the beginning of a new era of modern gene editing. Since the early 2010s, these tools have enabled researchers to identify and modify specific regions of the genome. Today, they have [...]

There is a competition where the winner is not the fastest team, but the one that achieves the highest energy efficiency. The Shell Eco-marathon is the world's largest sustainability competition for university students, bringing together around 5,000 participants from approximately 50 countries. Each year, the Europe and Africa regional event [...]

A new research project has been launched at the HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences within the framework of the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme. The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship, which started on May 1, 2026, supports the research work of Dr. András Tóth in the research group of [...]

Under the HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-03 call for proposals, the Momentum Glycan Biomarker Research Group of the HUN-REN Research Center for Natural Sciences (HUN-REN RCNS) has successfully joined the ongoing ImproGlyco EIC Pathfinder Open scheme as a Hop-on Facility. The two-year project began on February 1, 2026. The project will be carried out [...]