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A team of engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has announced the creation of an artificial neuron with ...

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Stanford study finds rapid brain cell evolution boosted human cognition but lowered autism gene activity, raising vulnerability.

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New research shows that DMT, a natural psychoactive compound found in plants and the human brain, can protect against stroke damage in animal and cell models.

The team’s advance changes this. “Ours register only 0.1 volts, which about the same as the neurons in our bodies,” says Yao.