Shooting Lasers at Frogs Brings Us Closer to Curing Cancer
A team of scientists has hacked a light-responsive protein into tadpoles, and used it as an on-off switch to suppress…
Scientists Use Light to Alter Memories of Cokehead Mice
Researchers from the University of Oxford have rewritten positive memories associated with cocaine in mice. The…
This Mouse Can Be Wirelessly Controlled With LED Light
This is surely a sign that we’re living in the future: Researchers have just invented a remote-controlled LED chip that…
A Look Inside The Mind Of Revolutionary Neuroscientist Karl Deisseroth
If you work in neuroscience, or follow the field, you probably know who Karl Deisseroth is. At the very least, you’re…
Imagine being able to control biological processes with your mind. A new experiment suggests this is possible. By…
A New Technique Could Erase Painful Memories -- Or Bring Them Back
By using pulses of light, researchers at the UC San Diego School of Medicine have produced, erased, and restored…
Scientists Cured Paralysis in Mice with Stem Cells and Lasers
This is wild. Chasing the elusive dream of curing paralysis, a team of scientists used stem cells and optogenetics to…
Scientists Demonstrate Laser-Powered Mind Control in Best Way Possible
Researchers call it the Fly Mind-Altering Device (aka "FlyMAD"), and to demonstrate the system's effectiveness, they've…
Scientists Turn Off Pain Using Nothing But Light
Pain is a hard problem. Sure, we can throw a little morphine at pain in the short term, but researchers continue to…
Why drugs that treat psychological disorders may be doomed
Neuroscientists are increasingly seeing the human brain as a series of modifiable brain circuits. As a result, a lot of…
Memory implantation is now officially real
The movie Inception is getting closer to reality. By planting false memories into the minds of mice, neuroscientists at…
A device that controls your mind with pleasurable stimulation
What if you could control somebody's desires using a wireless device? It's not a Larry Niven novel — it's today's…
Light-sensitive muscles will enable robots to move like real animals
A recent breakthrough at MIT and the University of Pennsylvania is set to make the spastic and jerky movements of…
Scientists use light to control monkey brains
Optogenetics, a brand new field of research in which living, cortical neurons and other cells can be manipulated or…
Light-Controlled Pain Relief Could Banish Novocaine Face Syndrome
New research could mean no more droopy numb face after you leave the dentist. Scientists are working on a precise form…
For the first time ever, scientists can control human brain cells using quantum dots
What if you could treat conditions ranging from Alzheimer's to blindness, all with a flash of light? Researchers think…
Light-Controlled Cells: The Sub-Dermal Dance Party That Keeps Your Dead Heart Beating
Heart cells created by Stanford researchers could lead to a better pacemaker: The beat of the cells is paced by light…
Tomorrow's pacemakers could be powered by light
The emerging field of optogenetics — which enables scientists to control your body's cellular function, using different…
Blue light could cure diabetes
Over the past several years, genetics researchers have made great strides using optogenetics — the manipulation of…
A few tiny LEDs could help paralyzed people move their limbs again
Mice equipped with a special light-sensitive gene can experience muscle stimulation when put in close contact with…