2+ hour, 19+ min ago  (562+ words) Summary: Current AI models mimic the brain's cortex, the "high-level" outer layer, but they almost entirely ignore the ancient, deep structures beneath it. A research team has proposed a new computational architecture that integrates these subcortical structures. The study demonstrates…...

4+ hour, 47+ min ago  (1146+ words) Summary: Engineers have achieved a major breakthrough in bio-electronics: printing artificial neurons that can communicate directly with the biological brain. The study details the development of flexible, low-cost devices that generate electrical signals so realistic they successfully triggered responses in…...

1+ day, 23+ min ago  (623+ words) Summary: In the traditional view of the brain, excitatory neurons act like gas pedals (triggering movement), while inhibitory neurons act like brakes (stopping it). However, researchers have flipped this script. Their study reveals that a specific circuit of inhibitory neurons…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago  (684+ words) Summary: One of the hardest things for a robot to do isn't lifting a heavy box'it's clicking a computer mouse or playing a piano key. While robots have mastered "the grip," they historically lack proprioception, the internal sense of where…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (567+ words) Summary: In the world of AI, bigger is usually seen as better'but this leads to massive energy consumption and computational costs. Taking a cue from human biology, a research team has developed a brain-inspired "selective pruning" framework for Spiking Neural…...

2+ day, 48+ min ago  (1010+ words) Summary: For more than half of U. S. teens, AI chatbots are now regular companions. However, a new study warns that these digital friendships are crossing the line into behavioral addiction. By analyzing hundreds of teen-authored posts on Reddit, researchers found that…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (1355+ words) Summary: For decades, scientists believed the brain worked like a computer: it sees an object, compares it to a stored file, and then decides how to act. A provocative new review argues this is backward. Source: Picower Institute at MIT…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (831+ words) Summary: Understanding the "switches" that turn genes on and off is one of biology's greatest puzzles. While AI has begun to crack this code, the tools have been fragmented and difficult to reuse'until now. Researchers have unveiled CREsted, a comprehensive…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (1124+ words) Summary: Adding more robots to a task usually speeds things up, until it doesn't. In a classic "too many cooks" scenario, robotic swarms often hit a tipping point where they crowd each other into a total standstill. However, a new…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (778+ words) Summary: Neurons are the ultimate logistical challenge of the biological world. To maintain their long, complex structures, they must deliver specific proteins to exact locations'like the Axon Initial Segment (AIS)'with pinpoint accuracy. A major study has finally unraveled how…...