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World’s first electronic multi-state memory cell

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Researchers at RMIT University’s MicroNano Research</h3>
Facility (MNRF), Australia, have built the world’s first electronic multi-state memory cell that can mirror a brain’s ability to simultaneously process and store multiple<br />
strands of information.<br />
This brings them closer to imitating key electronic aspects of the human brain, which is an important step towards creating a bionic brain. This could help unlock successful treatments for common neurological conditions such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Project leader Dr Sharath Sriram, co-leader of RMIT Functional Materials and Microsystems Research Group, has said that the ground-breaking development imitates the way the brain uses long-term memory.<br />
The research builds on RMIT’s previous discovery where ultra-fast nano-scale memories were developed using a functional oxide material in the form of an ultrathin film, which is 10,000 times thinner than a human hair.