Berkeley Neuroscience in the News DARPA awards $65 million to develop the perfect, tiny two-way brain-computer interface With $65 million in new funding, DARPA seeks to develop neural implants that make it possible…georgeannJuly 10, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News Losing your sense of smell may help you lose weight—and it has nothing to do with taste When Andrew Dillon, a cell biologist at the University of California Berkeley, set out to…georgeannJuly 9, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News The worrying effects of working more and sleeping less “Back in the 1940s people were sleeping on average just a little bit over eight…georgeannJuly 7, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News Is sense of smell linked to being fatter or thinner? Would you be willing to give up the smell of fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies or…georgeannJuly 6, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News Does my sense of smell make me look fat? In mice, the answer seems to be yes Having an exceptionally keen sense of smell would seem to be an unmitigated blessing: It…georgeannJuly 5, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News Mice shed weight when they can’t smell—but not because they stop eating When you have a stuffy nose, a slice of freshly baked apple pie tastes like…georgeannJuly 5, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News Shedding light on how antidepressants affect the brain By 2022, UC Berkeley researcher Markita Landry thinks she will have developed the technology to…georgeannJune 12, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the NewsPerspective Remember after election: Stress can be good for you If I would ask you to close your eyes and picture a stressful experience in…georgeannNovember 11, 2016
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News When Patients Can’t Give Informed Consent to Be Research Subjects A guardian can give the go-ahead, and despite some critiques of the practice, it can be…georgeannNovember 7, 2016