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PRINTED ARTIFICIAL NEURONS INTERACT W...

On April 17, 2026, a group of researchers from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, published results that could permanently re...

WHAT HAPPENED

The team led by Professor Jonathan Rivnay from the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern developed artificial neurons usin...

CONTEXT AND HISTORY

The idea of creating artificial neurons is not new. Since the 1940s, when Warren McCulloch and Walter Pitts proposed the first mathematic...

IMPACT ON THE POPULATION

The medical implications are vast. It is estimated that 1 billion people worldwide live with some form of neurological disorder, accordin...

WHAT THOSE INVOLVED ARE SAYING

"For the first time, we have a device that not only mimics a neuron but communicates with real neurons," stated Professor Rivnay at a pre...

NEXT STEPS

The Northwestern team plans three phases of development over the coming years:

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