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Facebook Just Bought a Brain-Computer Interface Startup

Facebook Just Bought a Brain-Computer Interface Startup

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese researchers have created a handheld sonic gun designed to help the nation's military and law enforcement agencies disperse crowds.

China’s New Weapon: A Sonic Gun That Vibrates Your Brain

By Kristin Houser

As brain-computer interface and neural implant technology improves, the Royal Society argues we may soon be able to communicate telepathically.

Scientists: Brain Implants Could Essentially Make Us Telepathic

By Dan Robitzski

According to researchers from Imperial College London, the party drug MDMA could be an effective treatment for alcohol addiction.

Neuroscience and Brain

Study: MDMA Appears to Be an Effective Treatment for Alcoholism

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk has said that he hopes Neuralink will help people keep pace with future AI. But psychologist Susan Scheider warns that would be ill-advised.

Scientist: Merging Your Brain With AI Would Basically Be Suicide

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have created chimeric mice with human brain cells in the hope that the animals could revolutionize Alzheimer's research.

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Scientists Create Mice Containing Active Human Brain Cells

By Kristin Houser

A rare, brain-swelling deadly virus spread via mosquitoes was just spotted in Orange County, Florida, prompting public advisories warning to avoid bites.

Mosquitoes in Florida Are Spreading a Deadly Brain Virus

By Dan Robitzski

A new analysis found that the "Cuban sonic attacks" may have caused U.S. diplomats' brain functions and white matter to be altered.

Brain Scans Show Abnormalities in Cuban “Sonic Weapon” Attack Survivors

By Victor Tangermann

Students in Oregon can now miss school for "mental health days," making the state one of the first to offer excused absenses for mental illness.

New Law Lets Students Miss School For “Mental Health Days”

By Kristin Houser

Neural Implant Sends Camera Feed Into Blind People’s Brains

Neural Implant Sends Camera Feed Into Blind People’s Brains

By Kristin Houser

New lab-grown mini brains are the most advanced yet, spontaneously forming into neural circuits resembling the cerebral cortex and mirroring brain activity.

New Lab-Grown Mini Brains Are the Most Advanced Yet

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers from the University of Michigan found widespread traces of naturally-occurring dimethyltryptamine (DMT) in the mammalian brain.

Naturally-Occurring “Mystical” Psychedelic Found in Mammal Brains

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have created the first noninvasive mind-controlled robot arm that exhibits the kind of smooth motion that previously required a brain implant.

New Mind-Controlled Robot Arm First to Work Without Brain Implant

By Kristin Houser

Experts: Brain-Stimulating Headsets Are Probably Snake Oil

By Dan Robitzski

A brain-computer interface can connect three people's brains, letting them transmit thoughts to each other to collaborate in a game of Tetris.

This Machine Lets You Play “Tetris” With Your Brain

By Dan Robitzski

In China, Surgeons Are Treating Addiction With Brain Implants

In China, Surgeons Are Treating Addiction With Brain Implants

By Victor Tangermann

New research reveals that extended trips to space are causing astronauts' brains to fill with excess fluid and swell, potentially damaging their eyesight.

Bad News, NASA: Astronauts’ Brains Are Filling With Liquid

By Dan Robitzski

A Stanford scientist says that "hearables," devices that communicate with our brains through our ears like smart hearing aids, are coming soon.

Stanford Scientist Says In-Ear Gadgets Will Monitor Our Brains

By Dan Robitzski

Research suggests that two drugs may improve communication skills in people with autism. But the seemingly-conflicting results mean more research is needed.

Neuroscience and Brain

Controversial Research: Two Drugs May Reduce Autism Symptoms

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists may have uncovered a way to reverse the developmental disorder Angelman syndrome, but the treatment would involve gene-hacking fetal brains.

Injecting Fetal Brains With CRISPR Could Cure Genetic Conditions

By Dan Robitzski

This Video Game Detects Alzheimer’s Earlier Than Lab Tests

Neuroscience and Brain

This Video Game Detects Alzheimer’s Earlier Than Lab Tests

By Natalie Coleman

A new study took the first steps toward figuring out which part of the brain is responsible for giving people nightmares and negative emotions during sleep.

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Scientists Might Have Just Figured Out Where Nightmares Come From

By Dan Robitzski

A group of scientists associated with Elon Musk say they've invented a new way to wire a brain implant into the brains of rats.

Scientists Invent “Sewing Machine” to Implant Brain Electrodes

By Jon Christian

A new type of quantum material can directly measure neural activity and translate it into electrical signals for a computer.

Scientists Say New Quantum Material Could “‘Download’ Your Brain”

By Dan Robitzski

Electrically stimulating the brains of people in their 60s and 70s allowed them to perform as well on working memory tasks as 20-somethings.

Zapping Elderly People’s Brains Supercharges Their Working Memory

By Kristin Houser

Chinese scientists figured out that they could enhance a monkey's intelligence by introducing a single human gene linked to brain development.

Neuroscience and Brain

Chinese Scientists Gene-Hacked Super Smart Human-Monkey Hybrids

By Dan Robitzski

The Stentrode, the first neural implant that doesn't require open surgery, is poised to begin clinical trials to help paralyzed people communicate.

This Neural Implant Accesses Your Brain Through the Jugular Vein

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists found the a single dose of MDMA can help adult mice re-learn social behavior. They hope it can help people with PTSD.

MDMA Can “Reopen” a Part of the Brain That Closes After Puberty

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have implanted transparent skulls into mice to get an unimpeded look at their brain activity on a wider scale over a longer period.

Scientists Add Windows to Mice Skulls to Watch Their Brains

By Kristin Houser

New research suggests that human brains continue to grow new neurons after birth, tipping the scales of a decades-long scientific debate.

New Study Suggests Adult Brains Might Grow New Neurons

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists at Scripps Research say they've found a way to reverse rats' alcoholism by blasting particular neurons in their brains with lasers.

Scientists Reversed Rats’ Alcoholism by Firing Lasers at Their Brains

By Jon Christian

Scientists at Cambridge University say they've grown a miniature brain in a petri dish that seizes control of nearby spinal cords around it.

Lab-Grown Brain Uses “Tendrils” to Grab, Control Spinal Cords

By Jon Christian

A new study finds a link between the amount of green space surrounding a person's childhood home and their mental health as an adult.

Study: Growing up Around Green Space Halves Mental Health Risk

By Kristin Houser

In order to better understand how smartphone use correlates with mental health in adolescents, scientists want to access Google and Apple's data stashes.

Google and Apple Can Help Learn How Phones Affect Kids’ Brains

By Dan Robitzski

For an upcoming trial, researchers will inject people genetically predisposed to develop Alzheimer's with genes linked to a lowered risk.

Alzheimer’s Trial Will “Bathe” Patients’ Brains in Helpful Genes

By Kristin Houser

Research suggests that the specific genetic edits performed on now-living humans by Chinese scientist He Jiankui could have broader-than-expected impacts.

Scientist Who Gene-Hacked Babies “Likely” Boosted Their Brainpower

By Dan Robitzski

A combination of molecules could making repairing the brain damage caused by Alzheimer's disease and other brain injuries as easy as swallowing a pill.

New Drug Combo Could Repair the Brains of Alzheimer’s Patients

By Kristin Houser

Researchers believe the brain reconstructs memories in the reverse order that it creates them, moving from the big picture onto the finer visual details.

The Human Brain Reconstructs Memories in Reverse Order

By Kristin Houser

The Pentagon's emerging technologies unit put out a call last week for proposals that use insect brains to control robots.

DARPA Wants to Build Conscious Robots Using Insect Brains

By Jon Christian

A new clinical trial is recruiting patients to see if a drug that stops ALS-related neuron death can also help people with Alzheimer's Disease.

Neuroscience and Brain

New Drug Trial Could Halt Alzheimer’s Memory Loss

By Dan Robitzski

Cyberdyne's assistive exoskeleton, HAL, was approved for rehab treatments in early 2018. Now it's about to ship to five more hospitals.

Neuroscience and Brain

Watch a RoboCop-Like Exoskeleton Help Paralyzed People Walk Again

By Dan Robitzski

Clearing Old Cells from Mouse Brains Lowered Signs of Anxiety

Clearing Old Cells from Mouse Brains Lowered Signs of Anxiety

By Dan Robitzski

A neural implant nicknamed the "bionic face" can help treat facial paralysis by stimulating paralyzed muscles with electricity.

A “Bionic Face” Brain Implant Could Treat Facial Paralysis

By Dan Robitzski

A Wireless Neural Implant Might Jolt the Brain out of Seizures

A Wireless Neural Implant Might Jolt the Brain out of Seizures

By Dan Robitzski

New research describes how optogenetics, which involves activating nerve cells with pulses of light, could vastly improve paralysis treatment.

Neuroscience and Brain

Stimulating Muscles With Light Could Soon Treat Paralysis

By Dan Robitzski

A landmark research study at the National Institute of Health is finding that too much screen time is changing the way children's brains are developing.

New Research: Screen Time Is Literally Changing Children’s Brains

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists figured out the ideal brain region to target with deep brain stimulation in order to alleviate depression symptoms.

Stimulating This Part of the Brain Alleviates Depression Symptoms

By Dan Robitzski

New Brain Implant Could Translate Paralyzed People’s Thoughts Into Speech

New Brain Implant Could Translate Paralyzed People’s Thoughts Into Speech

By Dan Robitzski

Up to 20 percents of the cells in our lab-grown mini kidneys are actually brain and muscle cells, according to new research.

Lab-Grown Mini Kidneys Keep Spawning Rogue Brain Cells

By Kristin Houser

Sadness is associated with a particular neural circuit connecting the amygdala with the hippocampus, which helps store memories.

Researchers Found What Sadness Looks Like in the Brain

By Jon Christian

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Experts: Ban Pesticides That Threaten Kids’ Brains

By Jon Christian

A team of European researchers is exploring how internet usage affects mental health, marking the first international effort to do so.

We’ll Soon Know Exactly How Terrible the Internet Is for Our Mental Health

By Kristin Houser

This Brain-Analyzing AI Could Kill Your Dream of Being a Professional Athlete

This Brain-Analyzing AI Could Kill Your Dream of Being a Professional Athlete

By Kristin Houser

Training a neural net to decode a person's brain signals and send them to a robotic limb led to better, precise control over prosthetics.

A Neural Network, Connected to a Human Brain, Could Mean More Advanced Prosthetics

By Dan Robitzski

People Are Zapping Their Brains to Boost Creativity. Experts Have Concerns.

People Are Zapping Their Brains to Boost Creativity. Experts Have Concerns.

By Jon Christian

Clearing Faulty Cells Out Of The Brain May Stave Off Cognitive Decline

Clearing Faulty Cells Out Of The Brain May Stave Off Cognitive Decline

By Dan Robitzski

A Researcher Is Offering a Prize to Anyone Who Can Prove a Germ Causes Alzheimer’s

Neuroscience and Brain

A Researcher Is Offering a Prize to Anyone Who Can Prove a Germ Causes Alzheimer’s

By Kristin Houser

Researchers have discovered how to translate brain waves into the actual mood a subject is feeling — and it could lead to new treatments for depression.

This Device Reads Your Brainwaves to Figure Out Your Mood

By Jon Christian

The Digest: That Brain-Tingle Sensation Might Have Physical And Mental Benefits

The Digest: That Brain-Tingle Sensation Might Have Physical And Mental Benefits

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Shocking A Person’s Brain Could Make Them Less Violent, Study Shows

The Digest: Shocking A Person’s Brain Could Make Them Less Violent, Study Shows

Artificial Consciousness: How To Give A Robot A Soul

Neuroscience and Brain

Artificial Consciousness: How To Give A Robot A Soul

By Dan Robitzski

New Gene Therapy Could Stitch Together Damaged Spinal Cords

Neuroscience and Brain

New Gene Therapy Could Stitch Together Damaged Spinal Cords

By Dan Robitzski

Brain-Based Circuitry Just Made Artificial Intelligence A Whole Lot Faster

Brain-Based Circuitry Just Made Artificial Intelligence A Whole Lot Faster

By Dan Robitzski

Did An Acid Trip Change Your Life? Scientists Want To Know About It

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Did An Acid Trip Change Your Life? Scientists Want To Know About It

By Dan Robitzski