In a powerful fusion of AI and neuroscience, researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Allen ...

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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 ...

Three former Google X scientists aim to give you a second brain virtually — not in the sci-fi or chip-in-your-head sense, but through an AI-powered app that gains context by listening to everything ...

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A lab in the Swiss town of Vevey is working on a research program that seems straight out of science fiction. Dishes no ...

A research team in Beijing has introduced what it describes as the world’s first “brain-like” large language model, designed to operate with lower energy consumption and without reliance on Nvidia ...

Scientists at Skoltech developed a new mathematical model of memory that explores how information is encoded and stored.

On May 20, 2025, Grayson Pope walked across the stage at his high school graduation. The straight-A student smiled as he accepted his diploma. It was a milestone moment — one his family thought they ...

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