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MIT scientists scanned a larval zebrafish brain 200 times per second; ultraviolet light triggered electrical activity that spread across its brain- MIT scientists shone patterned light on starfish egg cells carrying a modified enzyme; the cells moved and changed shape, and some were stretched into squares
- How a single-celled alga helped scientists control brain cells with light — the discovery behind the 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine
- The Nobel-winning breakthrough that turned light into a remote control for the brain, allowing scientists to switch neurons on and offOptogenetics, a groundbreaking technique, enables researchers to control specific neurons using light, providing insights into brain functi...05 Oct, 2026, 10.42 PM IST
- Nobel Prize Medicine 2026: Scientists found a 'light switch' inside algae & turned it into a tool to control brain cells; what this discovery meansNobel Prize Medicine 2026: The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nag...05 Oct, 2026, 03.37 PM IST
- IITian who secured AIR 1 in JEE, left India to study at University of California in 2004. 10 years later, one Shah Rukh Khan flop film inspired him to return to India. Today, he is an expert on mosquito brainHe was once the very epitome of the Indian success story. Meet Professor Nitin Gupta, who once left India to pursue a PhD in bioinformatics...02 Oct, 2026, 08.40 PM IST
- Could growing human brain tissue inside a mouse finally help scientists study brain diseases that are difficult to recreate, understand and treat?A small piece of human brain tissue was placed inside newborn mice. Over the following months, it did something researchers had rarely been...24 Sep, 2026, 12.01 AM IST
- Your brain may be one organ today, but scientists have uncovered a hidden split that may date back more than 500 million yearsNew research suggests the human brain develops from two distinct cell populations. These groups follow separate paths from early embryonic ...21 Sep, 2026, 10.47 PM IST
- Scientists develop a new way to test autism & epilepsy treatments: Why traditional mice cannot explain complex human brain disordersScientists have implanted human brain organoids into specially engineered mice. These human cells survived and connected with the animals' ...17 Sep, 2026, 10.54 PM IST
- Science says carnivorous plant Venus Flytraps don’t snap shut every time something touches them: Here’s the clever reason whyInside the Venus flytrap’s two-lobed trap are specialized trigger hairs that act as mechanosensory structures. When an insect bends one of ...07 Sep, 2026, 09.11 PM IST
- Science says chilli burns your mouth without actually burning it, here’s what capsaicin does to your nervesThe sensation after biting into a hot chilli can be intense: your mouth may feel as though it is on fire. Your lips can tingle, your tongue...04 Sep, 2026, 08.34 PM IST
- Science says butterflies taste with their feet, here’s why evolution put chemical sensors on their legsButterflies have specialized sensory structures on their legs, known as gustatory sensilla, that allow them to detect chemicals when they l...01 Sep, 2026, 02.53 PM IST
- Science says sharks can hunt in total darkness using electricity: The biology behind their sixth senseA shark does not always need to see a fish to detect that a living creature is nearby. In murky water, beneath the sand or during the final...01 Sep, 2026, 02.51 PM IST
- In 2000, Johns Hopkins team treated 18 paralyzed rodents with neural stem cells. 6 years later, the team engineered working motor-neuron circuits in paralyzed adult animals, extending the original findingJohns Hopkins research from 2000 and 2006 represents an important scientific progression in the search for ways to repair damaged nervous s...29 Aug, 2026, 04.11 AM IST
- Always wondered how the brain works? New tech is here to understand how the organ functionsThe human brain is composed of billions of neurons wired together in intricate webs.15 Jan, 2018, 12.27 PM IST
- Deep sleep reinforces new motor skills learningSleep appears to reduce neural activity that is not related to a task we are in the process of learning.14 Aug, 2017, 01.56 PM IST
- Deep sleep reinforces learning of motor skills: StudySan Francisco, Aug 14 (IANS) Neuroscientists at the University of California here have discovered that the animal brain reinforces motor sk...14 Aug, 2017, 10.37 AM IST
- Graphene electrodes can safely interact with neuronsIt can be used to control robotic armfor amputee patients or any number of basic processes for paralysed patients from speech to movement o...31 Jan, 2016, 03.43 PM IST
- Nerve cells interact like friends on Facebook!The researchers focused on the visual area of the cerebral cortex, which receives information from the eye and gives rise to visual percept...05 Feb, 2015, 05.15 PM IST
- Brain's on-off thirst switch identifiedThe CUMC team hypothesised that there are at least two types of neurons in the SFO, including ones that drive thirst and others that suppre...27 Jan, 2015, 01.21 PM IST
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