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A new approach to building neural network chips uses memristors to recreate ‘synapses’

Memory resistors, or memristors for short, are a unique form of circuitry that resemble the neural pathways of the human brain and improve as additional current that passes through them, much like the ...
YDR

From ‘Optical Synapses’ to a ‘Photonic Brain’ — Integrated Photonic Neural Networks Toward Low-Power General-Purpose

SHANNON, CLARE, IRELAND, February 5, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — A new publication from Opto-Electronic Technology; DOI 10.29026/oet.2025.250011, discusses integrated ...
EurekAlert!

Implement artificial neural network hardware systems by stacking them like "neuron-synapse-neuron" structural blocks

(a) Schematic diagram of a biological neural network and (b) circuit schematic of an artificial neural network implemented in hardware using an artificial neuromorphic device. (c) Experimental results ...
Psychology Today

Silent Synapses: Awakening the Brain’s Dormant Potential

Co-written with Jai Liester. Silent synapses represent one of neuroscience's most fascinating discoveries—connections between neurons that lie dormant until activated by specific triggers. These ...