Elon Musk says the first human has received a brain implant from his Neuralink company. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Rafael Yuste of Columbia University and co-founder of the Neurorights Foundation.

Elon Musk says the first human has received a brain implant from his Neuralink company. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Rafael Yuste of Columbia University and co-founder of the Neurorights Foundation.

The brain-computer interface wars have begun. For years, startups and academic researchers have been experimenting on humans and animals with placing sensors on or near the brain to deepen our ...

Light-sheet microscopy is helping to overcome several challenges in brain imaging. It enables researchers to study a wide ...

Chinese scientists have stepped up research in brain-computer interface (BCI) technology -- implanting computer chips into the brains of people with disabilities and having achieved positive results.

Brain development does not occur uniformly across the brain, but follows a newly identified developmental sequence, according to a new study. Brain regions that support cognitive, social, and ...

Inhibitory neurons are generated during brain development through the division of progenitor cells – immature cells not yet specialized but already on the path to becoming neurons.

Could we ever create a brain-in-a-vat? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Could a brain ever exist on its own, divorced from ...