News Why Lab Rats Don’t Observe Daylight Saving Time Twice a year, most Americans do a truly bizarre thing. In coordinated fashion, we change…georgeannNovember 3, 2014
Research Discovery Mind-reading device invented by scientists to eavesdrop on ‘inner voice’ It might seem the stuff of science fiction, but a mind-reading device is being developed…georgeannOctober 30, 2014
News Berkeley team to transform MRI At a busy imaging lab at the University of California, Berkeley researchers are preparing for…georgeannOctober 21, 2014
Research Discovery New front in war on Alzheimer’s, other protein-folding diseases A surprise discovery that overturns decades of thinking about how the body fixes proteins that…georgeannOctober 16, 2014
News New wave of brain research aims to understanding every function When the United States’ top public health and political leaders declared the 1990s the “decade…georgeannOctober 8, 2014
Announcement UCSF, UC Berkeley Scientists Join Forces in New Glenn Center for Aging Research Researchers at UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley have teamed up to create an innovative,…georgeannOctober 8, 2014
Research Discovery Why we can’t tell a Hollywood heartthrob from his stunt double Johnny Depp has an unforgettable face. Tony Angelotti, his stunt double in “Pirates of the…georgeannOctober 2, 2014
News Director Alivisatos Plays Key Role in White House BRAIN Conference The White House hosted a conference on Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) yesterday…georgeannOctober 1, 2014
Announcement NIH awards UC Berkeley $7.2 million to advance brain initiative The National Institutes of Health today announced its first research grants through President Barack Obama’s…georgeannSeptember 30, 2014
Announcement Three Bay Area institutions join forces to seed transformative brain research Two state-of-the-art research areas – nanotech and optogenetics – were the dominant theme last Thursday,…georgeannSeptember 25, 2014
Research Discovery Researchers find neural compensation in people with Alzheimer’s-related protein The human brain is capable of a neural workaround that compensates for the buildup of…georgeannSeptember 14, 2014
Research Discovery Study links honesty to prefrontal region of the brain Are humans programmed to tell the truth? Not when lying is advantageous, says a new…georgeannSeptember 8, 2014
Announcement Shining light on brain circuits to study learning, memory UC Berkeley neuroscientists plan to use light to tweak the transmission of signals in the…georgeannSeptember 5, 2014
News How to Better Teach Kids Science? Just Ask Them Neuroscientist Bob Knight started a kid-reviewed, kid-targeted online journal to inspire the next generation of…georgeannAugust 28, 2014
Announcement Prominent U.S. Research Institutions Announce Collaboration Toward Sharing and Standardizing Neuroscience Data The Allen Institute for Brain Science, California Institute of Technology, New York University School of…georgeannAugust 14, 2014