Indian scientists created a strong artificial synaptic network to replace the human brain.

Using a simple self-forming technique, scientists at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research in Bengaluru, an autonomous institute of the Indian government's Department of Science and Technology, developed a new approach for fabricating an artificial synaptic network (ASN) that resembles a biological neural network (the device structure is formed by itself while heating). The JNCASR team looked into a material system that imitated neuronal bodies and axonal network connections, similar to the biological system, to fabricate a synaptic device for neuromorphic applications with a straightforward fabrication technique. They discovered that constructing such a structure via a self-forming mechanism was straightforward, scalable, and cost-effective. The JNCASR team used dewetted Silver (Ag) metal to construct branched islands and nanoparticles with nanogap separations that looked like bio neurons and neurotransmitters in their research. Dewetting is the rupturing of a continuous film into isolated/disconnected islands or spherical particles.