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Brain-inspired chip fits 1m 'neurons' on postage stamp
Posted in Hardware on 8th Aug, 2014
by Alex Muller
Scientists have produced a new computer chip that mimics the organisation of the brain, and squeezed in one million computational units called "neurons".
Clues to curbing obesity found in neuronal 'sweet spot'
Posted in Medicine on 3rd Aug, 2014
by Alex Muller
Preventing weight gain, obesity, and ultimately diabetes could be as simple as keeping a nuclear receptor from being activated in a small part of the brain.
There are Cells Inside Teeth That Can Turn Back Into Stem Cells
Posted in Medicine on 2nd Aug, 2014
by Alex Muller
Inside each of our hard, calcified teeth is a small population of living stem cells that can differentiate into many types of tissue.
Brain cells can suppress appetite, study in mice shows
Posted in Science on 28th Jul, 2014
by Alex Muller
Scientists have discovered a central hub of brain cells that may put the brakes on a desire to eat.
New Era of rapid Brain Imaging allows understanding of interactions at the cellular level across the brain
Posted in Science on 24th Jul, 2014
by Alex Muller
Detailed high resolution brain imaging has been made one hundred times faster.