Article Mar 16, 2026 So has a fruit fly been uploaded? Or not yet? The very fact that this experiment has been tried and even produced some very preliminary but essentially encouraging results seems significant and worth celebrating. Giulio Prisco 7 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 Aug 17, 2026 World's First Biological Data Centre Goes Live in Singapore NUS Medicine, DayOne and Cortical Labs deploy 20 living-neuron CL1 units in a server rack cutting AI compute power to 30W per machine. "This is less power than a handheld-calculator". Linsey Smith 1 min read
Podcast Feb 19, 2025 How Connectomes Are Giving Us Visionary Insights Desdemona (the robot) and Kennedy Schaal (CEO of Rejuve Biotech) discuss the amazing insights we are learning about human vision from the fruit fly and human connectomes. Mindplex Magazine 1 min read
News Apr 22, 2026 Individual Brain Charting project releases major update of detailed brain scan data New high-resolution fMRI dataset from repeated scans of the same volunteers expands resources for studying how individual brains handle diverse mental tasks. Giulio Prisco 2 min read
News Oct 8, 2025 AI creates detailed map of mouse brain Researchers use an AI model to build a highly detailed map of the mouse brain, revealing new areas that could improve understanding of brain functions, behaviors, and diseases. Giulio Prisco 2 min read
News Oct 17, 2025 How brains create shared perceptions New study reveals why people with unique neural wiring describe the world in the same way despite different brain activity patterns. Giulio Prisco 2 min read
News Dec 2, 2025 Scientists achieve high-resolution 3D brain mapping with X-rays This non-destructive technique overcomes previous limitations and paves the way for imaging larger brain samples to understand complex neural connections. Giulio Prisco 2 min read
News Apr 9, 2026 New method maps thousands of brain connections with single-synapse detail Connectome-seq uses RNA barcodes to reveal precise neural wiring faster than previous techniques. Giulio Prisco 2 min read
News Aug 28, 2025 Longer thumbs and bigger brains in primates A study reveals that primates with longer thumbs tend to have larger brains, showing how hand skills and brain growth evolved side by side over millions of years. Giulio Prisco 2 min read