Neuroscience
Brain Mapping Tech Inflates Tissue 20x to Reveal Remarkable Detail
Like the fiber optic cables that connect landline phones, the long branches of brain cells transmit information from one neuron to the next.
Unlike phone cables that can only passively carry electrical signals, however, neuronal...
4 New Human Rights for When Our Brains Are Hooked Up to Computers
The human-machine mind meld is just around the corner if you believe the buzz coming out of Silicon Valley these days. But neuroethicists worry the technology poses a threat to the last bastion of...
This Week’s Awesome Stories From Around the Web (Through April 29)
BRAIN
Facebook Launches "Moon Shot" Effort to Decode Speech Direct From the Brain
Larry Greenemeier | Scientific American
"If all goes according to plan—and that’s a big if—Building 8’s neural prosthetic would strap onto a person’s head,...
Neuroscientists Can Now Read Your Dreams With a Simple Brain Scan
Like islands jutting out of a smooth ocean surface, dreams puncture our sleep with disjointed episodes of consciousness. How states of awareness emerge from a sleeping brain has long baffled scientists and philosophers alike.
For...
Is the Brain More Powerful Than We Thought? Here Comes the Science
If you’ve ever played around with an old music amplifier, you probably know what a firing neuron sounds like.
A sudden burst of static? Check. A rapid string of pops, like hundreds of bursting balloons?...
The Brain: A Radical Rethink Is Needed to Understand It
Understanding the human brain is arguably the greatest challenge of modern science. The leading approach for most of the past 200 years has been to link its functions to different brain regions or even...
New Artificial Synapse Bridges the Gap to Brain-Like Computers
From AlphaGo’s historic victory against world champion Lee Sedol to DeepStack’s sweeping win against professional poker players, artificial intelligence is clearly on a roll.
Part of the momentum comes from breakthroughs in artificial neural networks,...
Are These Giant Neurons the Seat Of Consciousness in the Brain?
The towering trees with their sprawling branches in the redwood forests have always reminded me of neurons in the brain.
Like trees, each neuron extends out tortuous, delicate branches in a quest to make contact...
3 Exciting Biotech Trends to Watch Closely in 2017
As I start to look at the emerging trends of 2017 from the vantage of IndieBio, where we see hundreds of biotech startup applications and technologies per year, a few key themes are already emerging....
Does Zapping Your Brain Actually Help You Learn Faster?
From time to time, the Singularity Hub editorial team unearths a gem from the archives and wants to share it all over again. It's usually a piece that was popular back then and we...
This Neural Probe Is So Thin, The Brain Doesn’t Know It’s There
Wiring our brains up to computers could have a host of exciting applications – from controlling robotic prosthetics with our minds to restoring sight by feeding camera feeds directly into the vision center...
New Tech Makes Brain Implants Safer and Super Precise
When Jan Scheuermann volunteered for an experimental brain implant, she had no idea she was making neuroscience history.
Scheuermann, 54 at the time of surgery, had been paralyzed for 14 years due to a neurological...
