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Scientists Grew Mini Brains, Then Trained Them to Solve an Engineering Problem


A few blobs of lab-grown brain tissue have demonstrated a striking proof of concept: living neural circuits can be nudged toward solving a classic control problem through carefully structured feedback.

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