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2nd March 2021 11:23 am 2nd March 2021 11:23 am An international project aims to create new photonic tools that can access the deep brain and provide further understanding of neurological diseases. Image by Colin Behrens from Pixabay Strathclyde University is the UK participant in DEEPER (Deep Brain Photonic Tools for Cell-Type Specific Targeting of Neural Diseases), which is investigating the deep-brain alterations underlying the origin of neurological and psychiatric diseases such as dementia, depression, addiction, schizophrenia and chronic pain. The four-year study involves 12 partner...

Memristor chip Themis Prodromakis, Professor of Nanotechnology at the University of Southampton, has received prestigious recognition from the 2021 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK. Professor Prodromakis, Director of the Centre for Electronics Frontiers in the University’s Zepler Institute for Photonics and Nanoelectronics has been selected as a Finalist in the category of ‘Physical Sciences and Engineering’ and will receive £23,000. This award recognises his contributions in devising new computer hardware to support the rapidly increasing computational demands of AI app...