Stanford engineers have created a plastic skin-like material that can detect pressure and deliver a Morse code-like signal directly to a living brain cell. The work takes a big step toward a... Read more
Two neuroscientists have created a prosthesis that can partially restore the sight to blind mice. The device could eventually be developed for use in humans. More than 20 million people worl... Read more
It will soon be possible to design and build household animals to order ONE of the most interesting technological trends of the past few years has been the rise of additive manufacturing. Th... Read more
A new understanding of the sense of touch A research team including University of Wyoming neurobiologist Jeff Woodbury has discovered a new technique to determine how the touch sensory syste... Read more
Unexpectedly, tDCS was also shown to improve attention and working memory RESEARCH by St George Hospital psychiatrist Colleen Loo into the efficacy of stimulating the brain with small... Read more
Researchers have worked out how to reprogram cells from human skin into functioning nerve cells. By transforming cells from human skin into working nerve cells, researchers may have come up... Read more