Neurons

05.06.19

Playing ‘Pokémon’ as a kid may have rewired your brain

Scientists found a brain region activated by Pikachu and other characters.

By C. Fisher, 05.06.19

01.06.17

Brain region that recognizes faces keeps growing in adulthood

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Medicine

Brain region that recognizes faces keeps growing in adulthood

Researchers thought the brain was fixed after puberty.

By S. Dent, 01.06.17

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10.14.16

ICYMI: Relax while a robot takes care of your yard work

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Robots

ICYMI: Relax while a robot takes care of your yard work

It will cost you at least $4,000.

By K. Davis, 10.14.16

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12.31.15

Watch a worm's brain light up as it plots its next move

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Medicine

Watch a worm's brain light up as it plots its next move

For the first time, you can see full brain function down to the neuron in a freely moving animal.

By S. Dent, 12.31.15

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04.30.15

Obama's 2013 'BRAIN' initiative results in remote-controlled mice

The first results to stem from President Barack Obama's 2013 "Brain Research through Advancing Inn...

By J. Conditt, 04.30.15

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12.12.14

The Big Picture: a closer look at live rodent nerve cells

What you're looking at up above isn't a crazy anaglyph 3D image. Well, at least not intentionally....

By T. Seppala, 12.12.14

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08.05.14

Scientists create fully-functional brain neurons from mouse skin cells

It's a good excuse to shoehorn Pinky and the Brain on to the site, but scientists have managed to...

By M. Smith, 08.05.14

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06.18.12

Intel designs neuromorphic chip concept, our android clones are one step closer

Most neurochip projects have been designed around melding the brain and technology in the most lit...

By J. Fingas, 06.18.12

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07.30.11

DNA-based artificial neural network is a primitive brain in a test tube (video)

Many simpler forms of life on this planet, including some of our earliest ancestors, don't have p...

By T. O'Brien, 07.30.11

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04.25.11

Researchers build synthetic synapse circuit, prosthetic brains still decades away

Building a franken-brain has long been a holy grail of sorts for scientists, but now a team of engi...

By D. Wollman, 04.25.11

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Neurons

Playing ‘Pokémon’ as a kid may have rewired your brain

Brain region that recognizes faces keeps growing in adulthood

ICYMI: Relax while a robot takes care of your yard work

Watch a worm's brain light up as it plots its next move

Obama's 2013 'BRAIN' initiative results in remote-controlled mice

The Big Picture: a closer look at live rodent nerve cells

Scientists create fully-functional brain neurons from mouse skin cells

Intel designs neuromorphic chip concept, our android clones are one step closer

DNA-based artificial neural network is a primitive brain in a test tube (video)

Researchers build synthetic synapse circuit, prosthetic brains still decades away

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