brain

Preservation of a rabbit brain with new cryonics procedure

Posted in Science on 10th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller

The Small Mammalian Brain Preservation Prize was won after a protocol was able to preserve an entire rabbit brain with very well-preserved ultrastructure.

How to weld neurons with a laser

Posted in Science on 10th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller

The technique could lead to new research and treatment methods, including physical reattachment of severed neurons right after injury, the researchers say.

Powering brain implants without wires with thin-film wireless power.

Posted in Science on 9th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller

Avoids risk of infections through skull opening and leakage of cerebrospinal fluid, and allows for free-moving subjects and more flexible uses of brain-computer interfaces.

CMU announces research project to reverse-engineer brain algorithms

Posted in Software on 7th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller

A Human Genome Project-level plan to make computers learn like humans.

Better Brain Imaging Could Show Computers a Smarter Way to Learn

Posted in Science on 5th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller

Using cutting-edge imaging to study the inner workings of our brains could lead to more powerful and useful machine-learning algorithms.