Organic neurons have membranes acting as signal gates that take a definite amount of energy to absorb.
GST is a phase-change material, which also happens to be the main active ingredient in rewritable optical discs.
In the case of GST, its amorphous phase is an electrical insulator, while the crystalline phase conducts.
Source:Ars Technica
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