neuroscience
Researchers use modified rabies viruses to map the brain
Posted in Science on 23rd Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller
Few diseases match rabies' method of self-replication and domination of the brain. The virus multiplies, spreading from cell to cell until the brain cannot support normal function.
Implant to 'Plug' Brain into Supercomputers
Posted in Science on 22nd Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller
Potential applications of the technology are vast, but in the short term DARPA is hoping to create devices for those with sight or hearing impairments.
Memory capacity of brain is 10 times more than previously thought
Posted in Science on 21st Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller
'Our new measurements of the brain's memory capacity increase conservative estimates by a factor of 10 to at least a petabyte, in the same ballpark as the World Wide Web.'
IBM research thinks it's solved why the brain uses so much energy
Posted in Science on 20th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller
About 90 percent of the energy consumed by the brain is unaccounted for, which is a considerable amount given that the brain takes 20 percent of the body's total energy.
Researchers develop dissolvable wireless sensors to monitor brain injury
Posted in Hardware on 19th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller
Researchers have developed biocompatible brain implants that can monitor brain injury before completely dissolving.