Tour of the Allen Institute for Brain Science

Members and guests visited the Allen Institute for Brain Science on May 25 and met with researchers who manage key labs, toured the facility, and learned what the Allen Institute aims to accomplish with its big expansion in Seattle. Researchers explained how they’re...

Bach: World’s Goofiest Swimcaps

UW scientists, writes Deborah Bach @DeborahBach1, have noninvasively linked the brains of two people sitting a mile apart. So far, the brain-to-brain interface caps have been used only to play “20 Questions,” but Deborah, a University of Washington public...

Lindley: Neuroscience Backstory

Neuroscience is a hot field but it has a long history, writes Robin Lindley for History News Network. In the latest in a series of interviews with authors of science and medical books, Robin talks with Dr. Mitchell Glickstein, formerly of the University of Washington...

Yonck: Light on the Brain

At Scientific American, Richard Yonck explores a new scientific method that could have huge therapeutic potential. In his guest blog, “Optocapacitance Shines New Light on the Brain,” Richard explains how optocapacitance developed from increasingly sophisticated...

Lindley: Neuro-origins

Fall means football, head injuries and neuroscience. Robin Lindley, writing for History News Network @myHNN, links the latter two in an interview with science writer Sam Kean. Their conversation uncovers how brain trauma and illness are the basis for modern...