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A new 3D human brain tissue platform developed by MIT researchers is the first to integrate all major brain cell types, including neurons, glial cells and the vasculature into a single culture.

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M obile game developer Supercell asked me to create an illustration to celebrate its 15th anniversary. The brief was to ...

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They called him crazy. They called him reckless. But Frank Heister calls himself a rebel — and he wouldn’t have it any other way.

An artificial neuron made of conductive plastics that can perform advanced functions similar to those of biological nerve cells has been demonstrated by researchers at Linköping University, Sweden.

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