Most medical images are too obscure (think spleen) or all too clear (think brain) to appeal as art, but Ottawa-based DNA 11 has hit on the happy medium: your genes. The firm extracts DNA from your inner cheek, copies it, pulls it through an electric field to separate it into bars and blanks, and photographs the eerily glowing pattern in a color of your choice.
A Wiring Diagram of the Brain
Advances in medical imaging allow the Human Connectome Project to map neural connections
The Thinking Behind Obama's BRAIN Initiative
The ambitious brain-mapping proposal could develop new imaging tools
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Path Found to a Combined MRI and CT Scanner
Omni-tomography could add together the advantages of several medical imaging technologies
3D Printing the Skull of King Richard III
Replicating the monarch's bones will allow more researchers to study them
Smartphones as Blood Analyzers and Allergen Testers
Aydogan Ozcan’s phone can analyze blood, tell whether a cookie contains peanuts, and watch sperm cells dance
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Medical Imaging Group Calls for Fewer CT Tests and More Research on Health Effects
The Radiation Dose Summit says that despite widespread public concern, the biologic effects from medical imaging tests are not entirely understood
Reading and Writing a Book With DNA
Researchers are storing digital information in the form of DNA, but is it practical?
Training the Brain for Happiness
There’s new data on the complicated genetic basis of depression and happiness
The Biometric Wallet
Palm vein scanners could eventually replace your wallet with your hand
Wearable Brain Scanner Tells Your Computer When You're Overwhelmed
Brain-computer interface adjusts to your changing cognitive state
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This Is Your Brain on Metaphor
Neuroscientists use fMRI to look at our most treasured turns of phrase
Making Objects Invisible to Magnetic Fields
After a bit of math wizardry, making the device appear was deceptively simple
The Allen Institute Takes A Look At How We See
Christof Koch and neuroscientists at the Allen Institute will lead a $300 million effort to map visual processing in the mouse brain.
A Better Way to Sort fMRI Data
Text-mining software makes fMRI analysis more quantitative
JAMA Cellphone Study May Be Flawed
Several experts have questioned a study that suggested cellphones affect brain activity
Testing Out the Allen Human Brain Atlas
You can search the Allen Human Brain Atlas for hours (and hours)
A Pet-sized, Wearable PET Scanner
A new scanner makes it possible to look into the brain of an active rodent.
Superconductivity's First Century
In the 100 years since superconductivity was discovered, only one widespread application has emerged
Brain Beauty Contest
Computer modelers compete to show neurosurgeons the best path to the tumor
fMRI in Film: Take it With a Grain of "Salt"
The Angelina Jolie film portrays brain imaging without an imager
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