52 Results From "mini-brain"

A startup in Switzerland has built a unique computer processor made from 16 tiny brains made from human tissue, basically a living computer.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Connect 16 Mini Brains Made of Human Tissue to Create a “Living Computer”

Using the DNA of the late musician Alvin Lucier, a team has created an "in-vitro brain" that still creates music with its electrical signals.
Neuroscience and Brain

Musician Who Died in 2021 Resurrected as Clump of Brain Matter, Now Composing New Music

Researchers have created a "biocomputer" from lab-grown human brain tissue and electronic circuits that can perform voice recognition.
Neuroscience and Brain

Computer Made From Human Brain Cells Can Perform Voice Recognition

As scientists continue brains in labs, one neuroscientist is asking the hard question: can lab-grown brains ever truly be conscious?
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Are Growing Brains in Labs. Could They Become Conscious?

The neurons of our brains may exist at a critical point between two states of matter that can't be distinguished,
Neuroscience and Brain

Human Neurons Are Stuck Between Shifting Phases of Matter, Scientists Say

The DNA computer can play a pared down version of chess and can potentially store data for thousands of years.
Science & Energy

Scientists Build Computer From DNA That Can Solve Chess Problems

A team of scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison claim to have 3D-printed functional human brain tissue for the first time.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists 3D Print Functional Human Brain Tissue

Scientists have successfully grown brain organoids — tiny, three-dimensional tissue cultures that mimic the real thing — each with their own set of 'eyes.'
Developments

Scientists Just Grew These Grotesque Mini Brains With “Eyes” in a Lab

Scientists have successfully taught a collection of brain cells in a petri dish how to play the video game “Pong” — kind of.
Science & Energy

Researchers Teach Human Brain Cells in a Dish to Play “Pong”

Scientists in Japan reversed the signs of Alzheimer’s in lab mice by restoring the healthy function of neuron synapses in their brains.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Reverse Alzheimer’s Synapse Damage in Mice

Valve cofounder Gabe Newell is indulging himself with some light retail therapy — in the form of a $500 million superyacht.
Jeff Bezos

Gabe Newell Buys Obscene Yacht

Doctors used a genetically-modified pig liver to successfully filter the human blood of a brain-dead patient.
Developments

Gene-Hacked Pig Liver Successfully Filters Blood of Human Patient

Those "magic mushroom" edibles may contain a lot more than manufacturers are letting on — if they're not complete bogus.
Brain

Scientists Tested What’s Really in “Psilocybin” Chocolate and Found Something Alarming

Mitch McConnell's freezing spells have once again perturbed the nation, but there's apparently nothing happening that brain scans can see. 
Neuroscience and Brain

Mitch McConnell’s Doctor Says His Brain Scans Are Clear

Genomic research suggests that less than 1,300 human ancestors survived this unknown catastrophe for some 117,000 years.
Evolution

Something Almost Entirely Killed Our Ancient Ancestors, Scientists Say

To study how early humans related to Neanderthals, a team of European scientists grew mini brains from human stem cells that contain Neanderthal DNA.
Science & Energy

Scientists Grow Petri Dish Mini-Brains With Neanderthal DNA

Experts say that ethical concerns over growing brain-like neural organoids or implanting human brain cells into animals are unfounded, at least for now.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists: Don’t Worry, Adding Human Brain Cells to Animal Brains Is Fine

New lab-grown mini brains are the most advanced yet, spontaneously forming into neural circuits resembling the cerebral cortex and mirroring brain activity.
Brain

New Lab-Grown Mini Brains Are the Most Advanced Yet

Australian startup Cortical Labs is building tiny artificial intelligence-powered computer chips that use biological neurons extracted from mice.
Computers

This Startup’s Computer Chips Are Powered by Human Neurons

As lab-grown mini brains become increasingly complex, some neuroscientists warn that scientists may be creating and killing off sentient life.
Science & Energy

Scientists Worried That Human Brains Grown in Lab May Be Sentient