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Latest in optogenetics

Science & Energy

Scientists Made Mice Hallucinate by Shining Light Into Their Brains

By Kristin Houser

Health & Medicine

Scientists Kept Rats Sober by Deleting Memories of Cocaine

By Kristin Houser

Health & Medicine

A New Implant Uses Light to Improve Bladder Control

By Jacob Banas

Neuroscience and Brain

Stimulating Muscles With Light Could Soon Treat Paralysis

By Dan Robitzski

Artificial Intelligence

Researchers Just Got Funding to Grow a Neural Network in a Petri Dish

By Jon Christian

Food

Mind-Controlled Mice Navigate Mazes, No Longer Crave Food

By Victor Tangermann

Science & Energy

Scientists Can Now Turn off Feelings of Thirst in Mice

By Kristin Houser

Health & Medicine

New Evidence Suggests Alzheimer’s Doesn’t Destroy Memories, it Only Blocks Them

By Tom Ward

Science & Energy

MIT’s Super-Thin Wires Are Leading to a New Age in Brain Implants

By Dom Galeon

Science & Energy

Scientists Figured Out How to Activate Aggressive, Predatory Behavior in Mice

By Dom Galeon

Science & Energy

Just Add Light: Genetic Modification Lets Researchers Control Mice Using LEDs

By Jelor Gallego

From Quarks to Quasars

A Window Into the Brain: Scientists Are Making Brain Tissue Transparent

By Dom Galeon

Science & Energy

A New Weapon in the War Against Cancer—Light Disrupts Cell Signals

By Cecille De Jesus

Artificial Intelligence

Watch This Light-Activated Living Tissue Move

By Todd Jaquith

Science & Energy

New Study Implies Memories Can Be Rewritten Using Optogenetics

By June Javelosa

Science & Energy

Scientists Use Light to Control Heart Waves in Real Time

By Joseph Libunao