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The Prototype: The Cool Tech Hiding In Your Dentist’s Office
In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at a new company building automated construction equipment, a potential new ...
Study examines early sensory processing and development in people with autism
A researcher from the University of Kansas Life Span Institute is part of an international group that recently published a ...
Integrated platform implements brain-like layered neuronal structures using 3D printing technology
Existing three-dimensional (3D) neuronal culture technology has limitations in brain research due to the difficulty of ...
AI Is Breaking Into a Higher Dimension—Literally—to Mimic the Human Brain and Achieve True Intelligence
Researchers reveal how modeling the human brain’s hidden wiring could push AI beyond its current limits into human-like ...
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KAIST successfully implements 3D brain-mimicking platform with 6x higher precision
Existing three-dimensional (3D) neuronal culture technology has limitations in brain research due to the difficulty of precisely replicating the brain's complex multilayered structure and the lack of ...
eLife6d
Astrocytic modulation of population encoding in mouse visual cortex via GABA transporter 3 revealed by multiplexed CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing
CRISPR construct to genetically ablate the GABA transporter GAT3 in the mouse visual cortex, with effects on population-level neuronal activity. This work is important, as it sheds light on how GAT3 ...
Ultra-high-resolution MRI maps brain fibers and cells with near-micron precision
A scientific team supported in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has developed a new, ultra-high-resolution ...
eLife6d
High-throughput synapse profiling reveals cell-type-specific spatial configurations in the fly brain
Characterization of intracellular synapse heterogeneity aides to understand the intricate computational logic of neuronal circuits. Despite recent advances in connectomics, the spatial patterns of ...