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Robotic Assembly of the World’s Smallest House

Neuroscience NewsMay 18, 2018

Using a system dubbed μRobotex system, researchers have created a microhouse so small a mite can not fit through the front door. Researchers say the creation pushes forward the frontiers of optical nanotechnologies.... Read More...

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First Hybrid Nanotech Device Mimicking the Blood-Brain Barrier

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 8, 2018

Researchers have use nanotechnology to develop a 1:1 scale model of the blood-brain barrier.... Read More...

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Nanotubes Go With the Flow to Penetrate Brain Tissue

Neuroscience NewsDecember 18, 2017

A new device that uses fast flowing fluids to insert nanotubes into the brain may be used to help treat a number of neurological diseases, researchers say.... Read More...

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Nanobots Pass First Stage in “Fantastic Voyage” From Fiction to Fact

Neuroscience NewsNovember 25, 2017

An international team of researchers have created remote controlled nanobots from a biodegradable material that they believe could assist doctors in diagnosing diseases and delivering drugs to target sites.... Read More...

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Nanowired Drugs Could Treat Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Patients

Neuroscience NewsNovember 16, 2017

Using titanate nanowires treated with cerebrolysin, researchers have been able to target delivery to the brain and through the central nervous system. Researchers report the use of nanowires to deliver drugs could be beneficial in the treatment of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other neurodegenerative diseases.... Read More...

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Programming Cells With Computer Like Logic

Neuroscience NewsAugust 1, 2017

Researchers engineer an RNA molecule into a programmable and logically acting Ribocomputing device. The study may help researchers construct more sophisticated synthetic biological circuits.... Read More...

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Artificial Synapses Rivals Biological Ones in Energy Consumption

Neuroscience NewsJune 20, 2016

A newly developed artificial synapse could have implications for use in AI computing.... Read More...

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Nanocarriers Cross Blood-Brain Barrier to Transport Brain Cancer Drugs

Neuroscience NewsNovember 19, 2015

A new nanocarrier meets the size and stability to effectively pass the BBB and deliver drugs to glioblastoma multiforme brain cancer.... Read More...

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Luminescent Nanoparticles Image Brain Function

Neuroscience NewsNovember 17, 2015

Researchers are on pace to develop the next generation of functional materials that could enable the mapping of the complex neural connections in the brain.... Read More...

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Darwin on a Chip: New Circuits Close to Natural Networks Like the Human Brain

Neuroscience NewsOctober 3, 2015

Researchers have demonstrated working electronic circuits designed using methods that resemble Darwinian evolution and which are closer to the natural networks of the human brain.... Read More...

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Nanowire Provides Hope for Improved Brain Implants

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 29, 2015

Researchers have developed a new type of nanowire material that may improve both retinal and brain implants.... Read More...

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Researchers Create a Neuron-Like Polymer Nanotube Network

Neuroscience NewsAugust 24, 2015

According to a new study, researchers have successfully used polymer nanotubes to create a neuron-like network.... Read More...

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Deep Brain Stimulation Promising for Those With Mild Alzheimer’s

Cell Type and Environment Influence Protein Turnover in the Brain

Absence Epilepsy: When the Brain is Like an Orchestra Without a Conductor

Neuroscience

Cell Type and Environment Influence Protein Turnover in the Brain

Absence Epilepsy: When the Brain is Like an Orchestra Without a Conductor

Daily Cannabis Use on the Rise in American Adults

Neurology

Deep Brain Stimulation Promising for Those With Mild Alzheimer’s

Absence Epilepsy: When the Brain is Like an Orchestra Without a Conductor

Half of Those on Parkinson’s Drugs Develop Impulse Control Problems

AI

Success of Blood Test for Autism Affirmed

Poker Has a ‘Tell’ About Strategic Thinkers

Robotics

New ‘E-Dermis’ Brings Sense of Touch, Pain to Prosthetic Hands

Robotic Bloodhound Tracks Odors on the Ground

Cometh the Cyborg: Improved Integration of Living Muscles into Robots

Psychology

Daily Cannabis Use on the Rise in American Adults

No Proof Probiotics Ease Anxiety

Half of Those on Parkinson’s Drugs Develop Impulse Control Problems

nanotechnology

Robotic Assembly of the World’s Smallest House

First Hybrid Nanotech Device Mimicking the Blood-Brain Barrier

Nanotubes Go With the Flow to Penetrate Brain Tissue

Nanobots Pass First Stage in “Fantastic Voyage” From Fiction to Fact

Nanowired Drugs Could Treat Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Patients

Programming Cells With Computer Like Logic

Nanocarriers Cross Blood-Brain Barrier to Transport Brain Cancer Drugs

Luminescent Nanoparticles Image Brain Function

Darwin on a Chip: New Circuits Close to Natural Networks Like the Human Brain

Nanowire Provides Hope for Improved Brain Implants

Researchers Create a Neuron-Like Polymer Nanotube Network