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Feb 4
2021

Quantum mechanics and human consciousness, developing technologies for brain-inspired computation

A neuroinformatics expert and a quantum biophysicist are our guests on the podcast this week.

Feb 4
2021

Remyelinating Drug Could Improve Vision in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

Summary: IndCl, a drug that improves myelination and reduces motor disability, appears to improve visual problems associated with multiple sclerosis.

Source: UCR

Feb 3
2021

A Promising Avenue to Restore Cognitive Function Impaired by Alzheimer’s Disease

ISRIB, a synthetic molecule capable of boosting protein synthesis, restored memory function in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease and restored protein synthesis in the hippocampus.

Feb 3
2021

IBM Algorithm Can Tell Who’s Going to Get Alzheimer’s

Given a large volume of spoken or written speech, can you tease out a signal?

Feb 3
2021

Remyelinating drug could help restore lost vision in MS patients

One common symptom of multiple sclerosis (MS) is vision impairment, and it can progress to blindness in some cases. Now, researchers at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) report a drug that was able to reverse that vision loss in mice.

Feb 3
2021

Quantum physics gives brain-sensing MEG scanners a boost

Hannah Coleman and Matt Brookes explain how quantum-enabled MEG scanners can yield new insights into the functioning of our brains.

Feb 2
2021

Musk’s Neuralink creates ‘happy monkeys’ who play Pong with their minds

When talking about Elon Musk, we must be prepared to talk about big numbers. The world’s richest man—he’s currently worth about $209 billion, give or take a billion—has designed electric powered cars that can drive (with stops for charging) the 28000-mile width of the United States.

Feb 2
2021

Body and mind: Hormones in the brain may explain how exercise improves metabolism

A mitochondrial hormone expressed by cells deep in the brain appears to play a role in improving metabolism and fighting off obesity, according to a new study in mice.

Feb 2
2021

Researchers visualize neuron activity

A type of novel molecular voltage sensor makes it possible to watch nerve cells at work. The principle of the method has been known for some time. However, researchers at the University of Bonn and the University of California in Los Angeles have now succeeded in significantly improving it. It allows the propagation of electrical signals in living nerve cells to be observed with high temporal and spatial resolution. This enables investigations into completely new questions that were previously closed to research. The study has now been published in the journal PNAS.

Feb 1
2021

Consciousness: Evolution of the Mind, Documentary (2021), Official Trailer Released

If we are to reason for the non-dual picture of the world then quantum physics is directly linked to consciousness. The human brain is a physical organ that transmits and interprets electrochemical signals. Its biochemistry is certainly governed by quantum physical laws, and consciousness — which is clearly related to the functioning of the brain — must therefore be related to the quantum physical processes going on within the brain and in the cosmos at large. Research has shown that consciousness is non-local, a scientific way of alluding to a connection within a higher dimensional order. Matter has also been shown to be non-local, which hints that matter might be an expression of consciousness. Quantum physics tells us the energy of every speck of mass, or a packet of information, is a relative peak in an ocean of energy, which is oftentimes referred to as the ‘Unified Field’ — the quantum layer of pure potentiality — the code layer beneath all dimensions where time and space are information.

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Consciousness: Evolution of the Mind, a 45-minute documentary film by Alex Vikoulov, is COMING SOON! Official teaser trailer released. by Ecstadelic Media Group. Based on The Syntellect Hypothesis: Five Paradigms of the Mind’s Evolution by Alex Vikoulov.