THIS TOO, IS A MAP (September 21–November 19, 2023) presented at Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) and other venues in Seoul, celebrates its opening with a series of events and several preliminary programs.
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DURHAM, N.C. – Your taste buds may or may not be able to tell real sugar from a sugar substitute like Splenda, but there are cells in your intestines that can and do distinguish between the two sweet solutions. And they can communicate the difference to your brain in milliseconds. Not long after the sweet taste receptor was identified in the mouths of mice 20 years ago, scientists attempted to knock those taste buds out. But they were surprised to find that mice could still somehow discern and prefer natural sugar to artificial sweetener, even without a sense of taste.
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
The interface is easy to insert into the body when dry, but behaves ‘stealthily’ inside the brain when wet
Figure 1. Schematic of Hydrogel Hybrid Brain-Machine Interfaces
Professor Seongjun Park’s research team and collaborators revealed a newly developed hydrogel-based flexible brain-machine interface. To study the structure of the brain or to identify and treat neurological diseases, it is crucial to develop an interface that can stimulate the brain and detect its signals in real time. However, existing neural interfaces are mechanically and chemically different from real brain tissue. This causes foreign body response and forms an insulating layer (glial scar) around the interface, which shortens its lifespan.