Behind the Brain

Nanotech. I know it best as the material Tony Stark used to engineer his final Iron Man suit (the one that he died in). However, recently it has slowly emerged into the field of neuroscience. Let’s explore how nanotech works in neuroscience! The Basics Firstly, let’s talk about what nanotech…

Several comparisons have been made between our brains and computers. On a basic level, our neurons are either excitatory or inhibitory, similar to a computer bit being 1 or 0. Our brains are also capable of computing, and manage different functions all at the same time. Similarly, a computer has…

About a week ago, I had the opportunity to dissect a brain. Now being highly interested in neuroscience, I was looking forward to this dissection. Upon discovering that the brain we were dissecting was a lamb brain, not a human one, I was a bit disappointed. But still, seeing, dissecting,…

Researchers in Harvard have recently collaborated with Google to make the most complex, detailed 3D models of different brain structures. They also made these models, dubbed the Neuroglancer, available to the public here. Now, how did they make these models? This story starts 10 years ago in the lab of…