Researchers create functioning synapse using carbon nanotubes

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http://pda.physorg.com/news/2011-04-functioning-synapse-carbon-nanotubes.html

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Engineering researchers the University of Southern California have made a significant breakthrough in the use of nanotechnologies for the construction of a synthetic brain. They have built a carbon nanotube synapse circuit whose behavior in tests reproduces the function of a neuron, the building block of the brain.