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

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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.