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Karl Deisseroth in a black-and-white portrait at Stanford University.

October 6, 2026

2026 Nobel Prize Honors Optogenetics: How Light Can Control Brain Cells

For decades, scientists trying to study brain circuits faced a frustrating problem: conventional electrical stimulation could activate groups of nearby neurons rather than precisely targeting specific cell types, making it nearly impossible

Rugby union forwards contesting a set-piece on a grass pitch.

Health·News·World

Nathan Charles, Rugby’s Only Known Elite Player With Cystic Fibrosis, Diagnosed With MND at 37

Nathan Charles is 37 years old. He played professional rugby for Australia as a hooker, and is widely described as the only known professional rugby player to have competed in elite international contact rugby while living with cystic fibrosis —

October 6, 2026

Ferguson: ‘I Wish I Could Say I Was Comfortable. I Wasn’t’ — The Brain Haemorrhage Recovery Details He Hadn’t Previously Spoken About

Health·News·UK

Sir Alex Ferguson has spoken about the fear he felt when he returned to Old Trafford in September 2018, four months after emergency surgery

Debby Ryan Brain Injury: What Hemiplegic Migraines and Delayed Symptoms Mean

Health

Actress Debby Ryan has described a brain injury that changed her life — and the months of rehabilitation that followed. Her disclosure, made during

Representative Image. Brain Scan. Photo Source: MART PRODUCTION (Pexels)

Health

Aging Brains: Study Links Cognitive Decline to Financial Vulnerability

Growing older can make it harder to handle money and spot scams. A new study shows why this happens and how to stay safe. Scientists at Binghamton University looked at how the

Tejal Somvanshi

January 14, 2025

Health·Science

University of Pennsylvania’s 7-Tesla High-Res MRI Study: How UPenn’s 135 Brain Scans Uncover New Dementia and Alzheimer’s Insights

A research team from the University of Pennsylvania has reported creating a high-resolution dataset by scanning 135 ex vivo human brain tissue specimens using a 7 Tesla MRI, which provides high-resolution imaging

Tejal Somvanshiand

Karmactive Team

November 1, 2024

A team of researchers and neuroscientists have collaborated to unravel the brain’s intricacies. (Photo Credit : Google)

Science·Technology

Google Maps a Single Cubic Millimeter of the Human Brain, Revealing Details in a 1.4 Petabyte Dataset

The largest and most detailed map of the human brain yet was recently unveiled by Google researchers. It described just 1 cubic millimetre of brain tissue—the size of a grain of rice—but

Rahul Somvanshi

July 10, 2024

Health

Smoking’s Shocking Effect on Brain Shrinkage – New Study Highlights Dementia Risks

In a groundbreaking study conducted by the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, researchers have uncovered significant insights into the Smoking’s Shocking Effect on brain health. Published in Biological Psychiatry:

Rahul Somvanshi

December 16, 2023

Artificial Intelligence·Science

AI Mirrors Human Brain: Cambridge Study Breaks New Ground in Cognitive AI Systems

To simplify and humanize the write-up while adhering to your detailed instructions, I will restructure the content into short, coherent paragraphs with subheadings. Each sentence will be fact-checked for accuracy, ensuring no

Rahul Somvanshi

November 22, 2023

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