🔬 Laser Light Does Something It Shouldn't Be Able To — And It Could Change Brain Science Forever

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MIT researchers explore groundbreaking discoveries in brain science and drug monitoring, alongside new findings in kidney stone prevention and cannabis compounds.

MIT researchers have uncovered a stunning optical phenomenon that could allow scientists to watch drugs cross into the brain in real time — at speeds and resolutions never before possible. A sweeping new study is forcing doctors to rethink one of their most common kidney stone prevention strategies, while a discovery inside cannabis leaves has turned up compounds no one knew existed. Artificial neurons that can physically communicate with real brain cells have been successfully 3D-printed for the first time, opening a new frontier in both brain implants and AI. And deep beneath cities that went dark during the 2024 solar eclipse, seismometers picked up something eerily quiet — a signal imprinted in the ground itself. Subscribe to Peer Review'd Newsletter: https://peerreviewd.com/ Love Science? Check out our other Science tools: 60sec.site and Artificial Intelligence Radio

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Topics covered

• brain science
• optical phenomenon
• kidney stones
• cannabis compounds
• 3D-printed neurons
• seismology

Keywords

• laser light
• brain
• drugs
• kidney stones
• cannabis
• 3D printing
• neurons
• seismometers
• solar eclipse

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Organizations: MIT

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