This animation was generated from a normal human subject. It shows only the fibers that originate in a particular cross section of the brain. The blue arc in the middle of the brain is part of the cingulum bundle. Radiologists at Massachusetts General Hospital are beginning to use this method to examine their patients’ brain: it provides a quick way to scan through the entire set of data for abnormalities.
Video by Patrick Hagmann and Reto Meuli, EPFL - Read the Article
With catalysts created by an MIT chemist, sunlight can turn water into hydrogen. If the process can scale up, it could make solar power a dominant source of energy.
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