anatomy

Geometry of brain's outer surface correlates with genetic heritage

Posted in Science on 12th Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller

Patterns in sulci and gyri don't predict cognitive ability, but may help diagnose disease.

20 billion nanoparticles talk to the brain using electricity

Posted in Science on 10th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller

Nanoparticles can be used to stimulate regions of the brain electrically, opening up new ways to treat brain diseases.

Missing link found between brain and immune system

Posted in Science on 3rd Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller

Overturning decades of textbook teaching, researchers have discovered that the brain is directly connected to the immune system by vessels previously thought not to exist.

A 'Google Maps' for the body

Posted in Medicine on 1st Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller

Using Google algorithms its possible to zoom in and out from the scale of the whole joint down to the cellular level 'just as you would with Google Maps'.

Shape of eye's 'light pipes' is key to colour sorting

Posted in Medicine on 7th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller

Physicists have pinned down precisely how pipe-shaped cells in our retina filter the incoming colors.