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1. Researchers Flip Brain Cells On and Off With Light Pulses

   Scientists have figured out a way to switch brain cells on and off like light bulbs, but instead of using a clapper, they’re using microbial proteins and lasers . Ed Boyden, a neuroscientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has developed a wa...

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