Singularity Hub (Moffett Field, Calif., April 20) -- To know the brain, you have to observe the brain. A team of Illinois scientists, led by electrical and computer engineering professor Gabriel Popescu, recently developed an imaging method to do just that.
Related story: Photonics.com (Pittsfield, Mass., April 25) -- The brain’s preparation state – whether it’s focused or unconscious – can have a significant impact on vision. Alpha waves, which characterize the brain’s electrical activity while at rest, can influence vision, a team of researchers from the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at Illinois and the City University of New York has found. Also: News-Medical.net (Sydney, April 26).