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IEEE Spectrum
May 2009
Prachi Patel |
Laser Probes for Brain Experiments Laser-activated probes stimulate brain cells better, say scientists   |
Chemistry World
February 24, 2011
Carl Saxton |
Mapping brain networks US scientists have created a model of the ring-shaped networks of neurons in the brain, which could help researchers to understand small changes within diseased brain cells. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2005
Willie D. Jones |
Fiber to the Brain Nanotech researchers have devised a method for attaching electrodes to small clusters of brain cells -- or even individual neurons -- using the cardiovascular system as the conduit through which wires are threaded. |
Chemistry World
January 30, 2011
Simon Hadlington |
Nanotubes protect brain tissue from stroke damage Researchers in Korea and the US have shown that modified carbon nanotubes can protect brain tissue from the damage caused by ischaemic stroke, where the blood supply to the brain is interrupted. |
Chemistry World
September 1, 2011
Josh Howgego |
Small molecules open gates to the brain New tools have been developed which make it possible to chemically shut down nerve cells in the brain at will and study the effects on behavior. The tools - modified ion channels - mean the causal relationship between individual nerves and behavior can be directly studied. |
Chemistry World
October 6, 2015
Tim Wogan |
Rolled-up electrodes record brain activity without scarring Ultra-flexible neural electrodes have been created that can more precisely measure brain activity without causing tissue scarring. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2008
Morgen E. Peck |
Scheme to Let Robot Take Over Brain-Computer Interface MEMS-based system could position electrodes in brain tissue to improve neural prosthetics. |
HHMI Bulletin
Aug 2011 |
Let's Get Small Tim Harris develops tools neuroscientists can use to measure the brain's activity, to give them a quantitative view inside the elaborate structure of the brain. |
HHMI Bulletin
Spring 2013
Nicole Kresge |
Itching to Be Discovered When the receptor for capsaicin -- the chemical that gives heat to chili peppers -- is added to itch-sensing neurons, exposure to the normally painful capsaicin causes itchiness. |
Chemistry World
June 21, 2011
Carol Stanier |
Nanotubes Inject Stroke Therapy Into Rats' Brains Carbon nanotubes act as a delivery vehicle for small pieces of RNA that help to prevent cell death in the brain after stroke. |
Popular Mechanics
June 2008
Elizabeth Svoboda |
10 High-Tech Health Breakthroughs Coming Soon to Your Body Scientists reveal their research on future medical technology devices and alternative medicine delivery systems. |
Technology Research News
June 30, 2004 |
Nanotubes boost neuron growth The method is a step toward neuron-electronic interfaces that would allow for direct biological control of computers and prosthetic devices. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2008
Willie D. Jones |
New Brain-Machine Interface Reactivates Monkey's Paralyzed Muscles A monkey learned to use the output of just one brain cell to move its wrist |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2011
Corinna Wu |
Mouse Cam Tracking techniques offer a long-term view into the mouse brain. |
Chemistry World
June 2011 |
Breaking through the barrier Getting drug molecules into the brain means crossing the defensive blood-brain barrier. Anthony King investigates how chemists are infiltrating the brain's fortress |
Technology Research News
March 10, 2004 |
Chip controls neural connection Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Germany and the University of Calgary in Canada have used a silicon chip to coax a pair of nerve cells to communicat |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2012
Jose M. Carmena |
How to Control a Prosthesis With Your Mind New brain-machine interfaces that exploit the plasticity of the brain may allow people to control prosthetic devices in a natural way. |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2010
Ivan Arnato |
Light Moves Light is becoming the tool of choice for researchers who want to precisely manipulate neurons and other cells. |
HHMI Bulletin
Aug 2010
Virginia Hughes |
Glimpsing Inside a Moving Fruit Fly's Brain Vivek Jayaraman wants to capture, in real time, how the fly's brain responds to a changing environment. Ultimately, he hopes to uncover very basic patterns -- "algorithms" -- of fly brain activity that hold true in more complex brains including, presumably, ours. |
Scientific American
November 28, 2005
Christine Soares |
Cold War Clues Atomic tests allow carbon dating of baby boomers and enable neuroscientists to track brain tissue regeneration. |
HHMI Bulletin
Winter 2013
Rabiya Tuma |
Sister Act As a systems neuroscientist, Yang Dan integrates functional studies in animals with computer programs, computational tools, and statistics. |
Reactive Reports
Issue 60
David Bradley |
Networking Neural Nanotubes Carbon nanotubes may be the key to building cyborg type interfaces between biology and electronics. |
Popular Mechanics
January 28, 2009
Andrew Moseman |
Fringe Fact v. Fiction: Could Your Brain Actually Turn to Goo? In its 12th episode, Fringe brought back one of the all-time greatest, grossest sci-fi horrors: Liquefied brains. |
Chemistry World
March 4, 2010
Andy Extance |
Silver sputtered nano chips mimic brain synapse US researchers aiming to emulate the functionality of a cat's brain have developed an easily-fabricated, robust nanoscale device that imitates the connectivity between neurons in the brain. |
Technology Research News
May 5, 2004
Kimberly Patch |
Chaos Seems to Aid Learning Researchers in Japan have built a computer simulation of the inferior olive, a portion of the brain that probably relays errors in movement to the cerebellum. The model shows that chaos can be useful in the brain for efficient learning. |
Chemistry World
May 14, 2012
Josh Howgego |
Powering up retinal prosthetics Scientists are reporting a futuristic design for retinal prostheses, which, in principle, would dramatically simplify the surgical procedure required to return sight to the blind. |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2011
R. John Davenport |
Wired for Smell Circuits of excitation and inhibition help the brain interpret odors. |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2011
Sarah C.P. Williams |
The Very Hungry Mouse Activating one set of neurons makes a mouse eat, and eat, and eat. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2008
Willie D. Jones |
Engineers Work on Laser-Based Brain-Machine Interface for Prosthetic Arm Laser stimulation of nerves may light the way to better nervous-system feedback for prosthetics |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2007
Morgen E. Peck |
Researchers Testing New Electric Treatment for Migraines A small DC current through the skull seems to interrupt the headaches and may even prevent them |
Chemistry World
September 15, 2011
Sarah Farley |
Making Nerve Pathways in Chips for Brain Studies Scientists have now developed a way to reconstruct neuronal networks in a micro-fluidic system to more closely mimic the directional neuronal pathways found in the brain. |
Wired
March 23, 2009
Jonah Lehrer |
Scientists Map the Brain, Gene by Gene I'm in the dissection room of the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle, and the scientist next to me is in a hurry. |
HHMI Bulletin
Aug 2011
Jennifer Michalowski |
Memory Cells at the Ready Special neurons give rodents a leg up when facing unfamiliar territory. |
Bio-IT World
January 21, 2005
Kevin Davies |
Allen Brain Institute Debuts 'Google for Gene Activity' The Allen Institute for Brain Science has released its first set of gene-expression data in the brain for nearly 2,000 mouse genes. The data will have important relevance for the study of brain function, disease, and the role of genes in governing human behavior. |
HHMI Bulletin
Feb 2012
Paul Muhlrad |
Changing Channels Appetite and other deep-seated desires could be modified by altering brain ion channels, according to research at Janelia Farm. |
Popular Mechanics
July 7, 2008
Erik Sofge |
For Future of Mind Control, Robot-Monkey Trials Are Just a Start A study in the journal Nature this spring all but confirmed the latest evolution in the hard-charging, heady field of cybernetics: Monkeys can control machines with their brains. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2006
Samuel K. Moore |
Psychiatry's Shocking New Tools Electronic implants and electromagnetic pulses are picking up where psychoactive drugs have failed. |
Popular Mechanics
May 2006
Logan Ward |
Your Upgrade Is Ready Evolution has done its best, but there's a limit to our bodies capabilities. Wanna be Superman? Better call the engineers. |
Wired
February 2000
Kevin Warwick |
Cyborg 1.0 I was born human. But this was an accident of fate - a condition merely of time and place. I believe it's something we have the power to change. I will tell you why... |
Wired
August 2001
Jennifer Kahn |
Let's Make Your Head Interactive The Human Brain Project is combining wet anatomy with next-gen scanning, imaging, and networking to give neuroscience a revolutionary new tool -- the globally accessible online mind... |
HHMI Bulletin
February 2011
Sarah C.P. Williams |
Forgetting Fear A compound given at just the right time may make mice forget to be afraid. |
Scientific American
January 2, 2006
JR Minkel |
T Cells for Brain Cells Some researchers claim that inducing a mild autoimmune reaction could actually protect the central nervous system from a spectrum of neurodegenerative conditions, from glaucoma and spinal cord injury to Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease. |
Chemistry World
August 24, 2006
Michael Gross |
Biotronics Branches Out Harvard researchers have developed nanowire transistors that interface with individual neurons and, even better, with the individual neuronal extensions that reach out to contact other cells. |
Wired
November 24, 2008
Erin Biba |
Rocket Scientist's Laser Scalpel Targets Individual Cells Researcher Adela Ben-Yakar is developing a laser capable of vaporizing individual cells, one at a time. |
BusinessWeek
September 23, 2010
Rob Waters |
Stem Cells That Save Big Pharma a Bundle Drugmakers hope to save big by using stem cells to test drugs for dangerous side effects long before costly human trials are needed. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2010
Versace & Chandler |
MoNETA: A Mind Made from Memristors DARPA's new memristor-based approach to Artificial Intelligence consists of a chip that mimics how neurons process information |
Science News
October 30, 2004 |
From the October 27, 1934, Issue Soviet Scientists Make Large Telescope Lens... Most Penetrating Artificial Gamma Rays From Sodium... Chemical Released by Nerve Carries Message to Muscle... |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2008
Sally Adee |
Mastering the Brain-Computer Interface Engineers are learning to translate between the neural signals of the brain and the machine language of a prosthetic arm. |
HHMI Bulletin
February 2011
Brian Vastag |
Hope Floats With a new arsenal of robust models of ALS, drug development may move to the fast track. |
Wired
July 24, 2007
Melinda Wenner |
A Few Transcranial Zaps and You're a Happy Genius A new technique called transcranial magnetic stimulation may let neuroscientists listen to the conversations between cells in your brain. |
