Non-invasive observation of spatiotemporal activity of large neural populations distributed over entire brains is a longstanding goal of neuroscience. We developed a volumetric multispectral ...

Watching Star Wars recently, I got to thinking about Luke Skywalker's bionic hand. As robots become increasingly dexterous and tactile sensors become smaller and more capable, the essential components ...

The brain is the “control center” of the body. Together with the spinal cord, it makes up the central nervous system. Various parts of the brain are responsible for movement, breathing, and other ...

The human brain can select relevant objects from a flood of information and edit out what is irrelevant. It also knows which parts belong to a whole. If, for example, we direct our attention to the ...

A brain circuit involved in addiction has been identified after researchers analysed smokers who immediately lost their nicotine cravings following brain damage. The finding could guide the use of ...

In the Digital Economy Industrial Park of the Science and Technology City in Mianyang, China, an innovative exhibition showcasing the integration of artificial intelligence and daily life attracted ...

It’s generally been thought that the brain doesn’t grow in adulthood – that we start off life with extra brain tissue and it “self-prunes” away within a few years after birth. But new research ...

Imagine that you have been hired by a car company and given the task of creating a new revolutionary electric car. The task comes with a peculiar twist: you must start with a T-Ford from 1908.

The left and right sides of the brain control different functions in the body. Some people believe that the left and right sides of the brain can determine personality and behavior, but there is no ...

The hipbone's connected to the leg bone, connected to the knee bone. That's not actually what those body parts are called, but we'll forgive you if you don't sing about the innominate bone connecting ...