New nanomaterial passes the blood-brain barrier to reduce damaging inflammation after the most common form of stroke. When ...

At Stanford, a treatment that aims magnetic pulses at the brain is showing results for people with treatment-resistant depression. It’s called SAINT, and here’s how it works.

A new study showcases how brain waves known as alpha oscillations help us distinguish between ourselves and the outside world ...

Introduction: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has been demonstrated to improve motor function by modulating brain circuits. However, the precise mechanism of action remains unclear. Existing DBS devices ...

One of the most visible demonstrations took place during a globally livestreamed exhibition at the 2025 National Amateur Chinese Chess Championship (Tencent Tiantian Xiangqi University League).

Our thoughts are specified by our knowledge and plans, yet our cognition can also be fast and flexible in handling new information. How does the well-controlled and yet highly nimble nature of ...

Writing code usually requires years of practice and physical input. This system bypasses that entirely by reading neural signals. The interface interprets intent rather than keystrokes. The ...

Ten years ago, a Fitbit was about as sophisticated a wearable as you could get. The Apple Watch soon supplanted it, quickly becoming the world's best-selling smartwatch. Then came the sleeker, more ...

In 2025, China’s non-invasive brain–computer interface (BCI) technology passed a critical test—not in a lab, but in the real world. Researchers validated the technology in two very different, ...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s new brain-computer interface startup, Merge Labs, is being spun out of the Los Angeles–based nonprofit Forest Neurotech, according to a source with direct knowledge of the ...

If you took the warning label that comes with your birth control and tossed it right in the trash, you wouldn’t be alone. After all, every medication comes with a risk of side effects, and those ...