DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist
D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF By Journalists Edward Kane & Marya nne Kane YOUR BRAIN IS A LOT MORE POWERFUL THAN YOU THINK Source: Stock New scientific research has discovered that the brain can hold 10-times the amount of information than it was thought to be capable of doing. Here are some key facts: This research done by a team of scientists, from The Salk Institute and University of California San Diego, is being called breakthrough They found the brain can hold at least a petabyte of information - that's the equivalent of 500 billion DVDs That's 10-times more information than previously thought The scientists created a new technique that enabled them to determine how much information synapses can store Information is transmitted across the brain by electrical signals from neuron to neuron via the tiny space where the 2 cells meet called the synapse Our brain has more than 100 trillion synapses The power of our br