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The Science Behind Better Visualizing Brain Function

Jan 5, 2026

Fluorescent trackers are helping scientists study the mind in real-time.

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The brain speaks a secret language scientists are only now beginning to understand

Jan 5, 2026

This discovery will give scientists a way to find the root cause of diseases like Alzheimer's, Schizophrenia, Autism, Epilepsy, and more.

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Scientists Built a Working Brain—And Now the ‘Possibilities Are Endless’

Dec 22, 2025

It will not only provide an inner window on brain disorders, but may become sophisticated enough to mimic the human brain’s full complexity.

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Last month, the Allen Institute team successfully created a digital simulation of a mouse brain cortex, which the institute heralded as “one of the largest and most detailed simulations” of an animal brain ever. Photo: Abrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images)

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🔒 Puck News: Make It Brain

Dec 10, 2025

Dr. Anton Arkhipov has spent the past 12 years at the Allen Institute working to replicate thousands of miles of mouse brain circuitry.

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Nothing Left Unsaid Podcast: This Allen Institute ALS Discovery Could Change Everything

Dec 10, 2025

Dr. Tanya Daigle and Dr. Merit Cudkowicz join the NLS Podcast to reveal a future for ALS research that's closer than most people realize.

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All of these images show a subset of more than 1,000 of the 120,000 brain cells (neuron + glia) reconstructed in the MICRONS project. Each reconstructed neuron is a different random color. In some of the images, a subset of the neurons have been rendered as glowing in different ways to represent the fact that this dataset includes functional recordings from a subset of neurons.

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🔒 Nature: Method of the Year: EM connectomics

Dec 10, 2025

To understand the brain, it matters to precisely map how the brain’s neurons connect.

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Star-shaped astrocytes in red surround an amyloid plaque in blue against a black background

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🔒 Nature: The ‘silent’ brain cells that shape our behaviour, memory and health

Dec 3, 2025

A rush of studies from labs in many subfields are revealing just how important astrocytes are in shaping our behavior, mood and memory.

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Dec 3, 2025

A tech company is working on creating “micro-emotions” within AI to see how it effects their behavior, but not everyone buys into the idea.

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The Scientist: A New Cell Atlas Helps Researchers Navigate the Developing Brain

Dec 2, 2025

Researchers collaborating on a BRAIN Initiative project unveiled the most comprehensive map of developing mammalian brains to date.

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Graphic of a brain surrounded by a network of interconnected lines and nodes that suggest neural activity or connections. The background is filled with mathematical equations and formulas in white against a blue digital space, conveying a theme of intelligence, data processing, or scientific analysis.

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🔒 Washington Post: These people experienced near death. Here’s how it changed their lives.

Nov 23, 2025

As many as 17 percent of people have had a near-death experience and these events can permanently affect a person’s life.

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