Tag: neuronal networks

  • Nation & World

    Up close and personal with neuronal networks

    Researchers from Harvard University have developed an electronic chip that can perform high-sensitivity intracellular recording from thousands of connected neurons simultaneously, allowing them to identify hundreds of synaptic connections.

    3 minutes
    Neurons on device
  • Nation & World

    Science at the speed of ‘light-sheet’

    Combining two recently developed technologies — expansion microscopy and lattice light-sheet microscopy — researchers have developed a method that yields high-resolution visualizations of large volumes of brain tissue, at speeds roughly 1,000 times faster than other methods.

    7 minutes
    Neural processes in a mouse brain.
  • Nation & World

    Brain may be far more flexible than thought

    New research from Harvard Medical School casts doubt on the prevailing model of memory formation, suggesting that the brain may be far more flexible. 

    5 minutes