Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Health & Medicine
Brain development is altered in people at high risk of psychosis
Neuroscientists have shown the brain’s white matter develops slower in young people at high clinical risk of a psychotic episode, which may pave the way for earlier treatment

Health & Medicine
Mapping the terra incognita of our brains
New research has created the most detailed subcortical atlas to date, mapping the most ancient part of our brain – the subcortex

Health & Medicine
Schizophrenia: Mapping how the brain changes
A new brain scanning technique reveals how changes in white and grey matter seen in schizophrenia are linked, and how the brain compensates for these changes, at least in the illness’s early stages

Sciences & Technology
Special Report
Quantum boost for medical imaging
Physicists have demonstrated how, using light, a diamond layer and quantum mechanics, they could potentially “light up” our molecular insides for more powerful MRIs

Health & Medicine
Mapping how schizophrenia changes brains
MRI scans reveal the cognitive impact of the devastating disease, providing new insight into individual differences

Sciences & Technology
Spinning diamonds for quantum precision
Quantum sensors are allowing us to see the tiniest parts of our world but external magnetic fields can easily break their crucial quantum state. By introducing extra spin, scientists have discovered they can trick a quantum system to keep it going.

Sciences & Technology
A big discovery in a tiny package
Researchers have developed a way to radically miniaturise a MRI machine, using atomic-scale quantum computer technology.