Since February this year, a quiet but significant breakthrough unfolded in several of Beijing’s top neurosurgical hospitals. Working ...
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To try to alleviate the situation, a startup is working on cutting the heat produced in computation by making computing ...
Scientists are building experimental computers from living human brain cells and testing how they learn and adapt.
Third are sensory reconstruction interfaces, such as restoring hearing or vision. For patients who have lost sensory input, ...
Despite AI's rapid progress, a new study reveals the human brain's clear advantage in adaptability, mastering multiple tasks ...
Science Corporation, founded by Neuralink’s first president, Max Hodak, has unveiled a prototype machine to extend the life ...
A new brain-computer interface (BCI) platform unveiled by researchers at Columbia University, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Stanford University, and the University of Pennsylvania promises to expand ...
Described in a study published Dec. 8 in Nature Electronics, BISC includes a single-chip implant, a wearable “relay station,” and the custom software required to operate the system. “Most implantable ...
A new study in Clinical Nutrition provides evidence that the regular consumption of unsalted, skin-roasted peanuts may enhance brain vascular function and memory in older adults. The research ...
The human brain experiences five distinct eras as we age, and each is defined by changes in our neural architecture that influence how we process information, new research shows. The brain changes ...
Tal Sharf (right, senior author), Tjiste van der Molen (middle, postdoctoral researcher), and Greg Kaurala (left, staff researcher). Humans have long wondered when and how we begin to form thoughts.