Neuroscience

Representative image. A child with autism. Photo Source: Free Range

March 27, 2025

World Autism Awareness Day 2025: 1 in 100 Children Affected Globally as UN Links Neurodiversity to Sustainable Goals

Autism is a mental condition characterized by difficulty focusing on details, unusual reactions to sensations and challenges in responding to and communicating with the outside world. The United Nations General Assembly resolved

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 at high enough resolution to show individual neurons

July 10, 2024

Imperial College’s New AI Model Predicts Air Pollution Levels with Unprecedented Accuracy

Artificial Intelligence·Pollution·Science

Air pollution is a public health challenge that threatens people and the environment, making timely and precise air quality measurements and predictions more crucial

Scientists Discover Stress-Relief Neural Pathway in Mice at IISc Bengaluru

India·Science

Scientists at the Center for Neuroscience in Bengaluru, India, have identified a neural pathway in mice that turns stress into pain relief. The Center

Jamila Rizvi with Rosie Waterland. Image source: Instagram

Health·News

How Jamila Rizvi’s Tumour and 21× Higher Brain‑Injury Mortality Expose Medicine’s Blind Spots

When journalist Jamila Rizvi discovered she had a rare brain tumor at 31, her world changed instantly. Across town, writer Rosie Waterland had been battling lifelong trauma and depression. Their parallel journeys—one

Tejal Somvanshiand

Karmactive Staff

May 15, 2025