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Scientists have built an artificial neuron that’s so realistic it fires, learns, and responds to chemical signals just like ...

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UMass Amherst engineers create low-voltage artificial neurons using bacterial nanowires, promising efficient bio-inspired ...

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Built from low-powered protein nanowires made by bacteria, these neurons could enable vastly more efficient, bio-inspired computers. Engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed ...

Engineers at the University of Massachusetts have created the first artificial neurons that will possess the ability to communicate with living cells.