Topic: neuroscience research
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Scientists Witness Decision-Making in the Brain for the First Time
Neuroscientists have mapped the complete brain activity of mice during decision-making, capturing over half a million neurons and revealing that choices emerge from widespread coordination across many regions, not a single area. The study used implanted electrodes to monitor 95% of the brain volu...
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Macaques Use Facial Expressions to Communicate, Study Shows
Research aims to decode the neural basis of facial expressions to develop advanced communication prosthetics, which must interpret gestures alongside speech for natural interaction. A study on macaques challenged prior assumptions of a strict brain division between emotional and voluntary express...
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How Your Brain Sees What Isn't There
Our brains actively construct visual reality through illusory contours, a phenomenon where we perceive shapes and edges that don't physically exist, revealing neural circuitry's role beyond passive recording. Recent research identified specialized neurons called IC-encoders in the visual cortex t...
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Mind-Reading AI Translates Thoughts Into Text
Scientists have developed a mind captioning technique that translates thoughts into text by analyzing vision-related brain activity, bypassing traditional language centers and aiding communication for those with disorders. The system uses fMRI and deep learning to generate coherent sentences from...
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Unlocking AI Consciousness: The Next Algorithmic Frontier
The debate over AI consciousness centers on whether systems can achieve genuine subjective experience, as advanced chatbots convincingly mimic human traits without necessarily possessing inner awareness, while developers focus on functional goals like artificial general intelligence. Conscium, a ...
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Europe's First Exascale Supercomputer Goes Live with Nvidia GH200 Power
Europe has launched the JUPITER supercomputer, powered by Nvidia GH200 Grace Hopper Superchips, marking its entry into the exascale computing era and advancing scientific and industrial research. Located in Germany, JUPITER features a Booster module with 24,000 Superchips and a Cluster module wit...
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Chinese Startup Aims for Non-Invasive Brain-Computer Interface
A Chinese startup named Gestala is pioneering a non-invasive brain-computer interface using ultrasound, aiming to both stimulate and eventually read neural activity without surgery. The company's initial focus is a clinical device for treating chronic pain by stimulating a specific brain region, ...
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Demis Hassabis and the New Logic of Discovery
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry doesn't usually go to computer scientists. But Demis Hassabis, the mind behind Google DeepMind, just won one. His AI, AlphaFold, solved the 50-year-old protein folding problem, creating a new atlas for biology and drug discovery.
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