Mindbytes Oct 21, 2026 Scientists Identify Brain Circuit That Awakens Mothers When Their Babies Cry Neuroscientists identify a specialized brain circuit in mice that detects offspring cries during sleep, revealing how motherhood changes neural responses to sound. Linsey Smith 1 min read
News Oct 6, 2026 Stanford professor Karl Deisseroth wins Nobel Prize for inventing optogenetics Karl Deisseroth, a Stanford professor of bioengineering and psychiatry, has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for developing optogenetics, a technique that uses light to control individual nerve cells in the living brain. Giulio Prisco 2 min read
Mindbytes Jul 23, 2026 Brain-Targeted Therapy Improves Behaviour in Preclinical Model of Muscular Dystrophy A targeted RNA therapy restored brain function in a myotonic dystrophy type 1 model, marking a breakthrough for rare genetic disease treatment. Linsey Smith 1 min read
News Mar 10, 2026 Scientists reconstruct videos from mouse brain activity This study uses brain recordings to recreate what mice see, revealing how visual information is processed and potentially aiding research on perception across species. Giulio Prisco 2 min read
News Aug 21, 2026 New theory says brain waves create thought and awareness through analog computing Traveling electrical waves in the brain coordinate neurons for rapid flexible thinking and produce a unified sense of consciousness by performing many calculations at once. Giulio Prisco 2 min read
News Jul 14, 2026 Biological Feedback Loops Inspire Next-Generation AI Architectures Brain-inspired AI may revolutionize artificial intelligence after neuroscientists uncovered biological decision-making mechanisms that could make deep learning faster, smarter, and dramatically more efficient. gizmo guru 2 min read
News Aug 18, 2026 Scientists find flexible brain circuits that switch between tasks The same groups of neurons in the prefrontal cortex of mice can store either sensory details or action plans in working memory depending on the needs of the moment. Giulio Prisco 2 min read
Mindbytes Jan 22, 2026 Brain's Language Processing Mirrors AI's Layered Hierarchy, Study Finds Does your brain understands speech in hierarchical steps, just like AI models? gizmo guru 1 min read
News Aug 1, 2023 Implanted microchips re-link brain to arms and spinal cord, restoring movement to paralyzed man, an amazing first Researchers and clinicians map and pinpoint areas for movement and sensation of touch, using chips to target related brain areas Amara Angelica 2 min read
News Nov 12, 2025 New study reveals how hormones influence learning in the brain Researchers discover that fluctuating estrogen levels during the female reproductive cycle enhance or reduce learning abilities through changes in dopamine signaling. Giulio Prisco 2 min read