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May 16, 2025
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Forget chatbots: research suggests reading can help combat loneliness and boost the brain

Loneliness has become such a widespread problem that Silicon Valley billionaires are now highlighting it to market AI companions, with Mark Zuckerberg recently stating “the average American has fewer than three

Apr 22, 2025
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Cambridge Neuroscience Administrator Position (PT, FT) – deadline 28th April

The Cambridge Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Research Centre is excited to be recruiting for a pro-active and dedicated administrator to join the team. Reporting to the Cambridge Neuroscience Strategic Manager and Directors

Apr 22, 2025
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CNS2025: Expanding the Horizons of Brain Research – Thank you and Photos!

Thank you sincerely to all involved in CNS2025: Expanding the Horizons of Brain Research! CNS2025 Photo Album!

Jan 15, 2025
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Loneliness linked to higher risk of heart disease and stroke and susceptibility to infection

Interactions with friends and family may keep us healthy because they boost our immune system and reduce our risk of diseases such as heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes,

May 29, 2024
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Over 20,000 people join search for new dementia treatments

More than 20,000 volunteers have been recruited to a resource aimed at speeding up the development of much-needed dementia drugs. The cohort will enable scientists in universities and industry to

Apr 29, 2024
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Robotic nerve ‘cuffs’ could help treat a range of neurological conditions

Researchers have developed tiny, flexible devices that can wrap around individual nerve fibres without damaging them. “The ability to make an implant that can change shape

Nov 22, 2023
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AI system self-organises to develop features of brains of complex organisms

Cambridge scientists have shown that placing physical constraints on an artificially-intelligent system – in much the same way that the human brain has to develop and operate within physical and

Nov 15, 2023
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First map of wireless communication in the nervous system

The entire neuropeptide signalling network of a whole animal, the nematode worm C. elegans, has been mapped for the first time Conceptual graphic illustrating the diffusion of neuropeptides between

Oct 31, 2023
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Simple blood test can help diagnose bipolar disorder

Researchers have developed a new way of improving diagnosis of bipolar disorder that uses a simple blood test to identify biomarkers associated with the condition.