(In short, biophysicists have known where the neurons are located for a long time, but they’ve only just recently developed the ability to analyze the way they affect one another, and so there’s fresh hope of “solving” the worm’s brain. The new methods are also pretty awesome.)
This lecture on uploading C. elegans is very relevant.
(In short, biophysicists have known where the neurons are located for a long time, but they’ve only just recently developed the ability to analyze the way they affect one another, and so there’s fresh hope of “solving” the worm’s brain. The new methods are also pretty awesome.)