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ARM to provide chips for brain injury implants
Posted in Medicine on 16th May, 2017
by Alex Muller
Chip design giant ARM has teamed up with US researchers on a project to develop chips that can be implanted in the human brain.
China sets up national lab developing brain-like AI technology
Posted in Software on 15th May, 2017
by Alex Muller
China's first national laboratory for brain-like artificial intelligence (AI) technology was inaugurated Saturday in Hefei.
Clinical Review: Psilocybin therapy could be significantly better than current psychiatric treatments
Posted in Medicine on 14th May, 2017
by Alex Muller
Psilocybin is the primary mind-altering substance in magic mushrooms.
Cannabis extract could reverse brain's decline in old age
Posted in Medicine on 10th May, 2017
by Alex Muller
Regular low doses of THC dramatically boosted memory and learning in older mice, say scientists, who plan a clinical trial in humans later this year.
Software firms are actively seeking 'neurodiverse' employees
Posted in Science on 8th May, 2017
by Alex Muller
Everyones brain operates differently, and these companies hope to leverage the strengths in those differences to improve the software development process.