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…
A team of scientists has hacked a light-responsive protein into tadpoles, and used it as an on-off switch to suppress…
Researchers from the University of Oxford have rewritten positive memories associated with cocaine in mice. The…
This is surely a sign that we’re living in the future: Researchers have just invented a remote-controlled LED chip that…
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…
By using pulses of light, researchers at the UC San Diego School of Medicine have produced, erased, and restored…
This is wild. Chasing the elusive dream of curing paralysis, a team of scientists used stem cells and optogenetics to…
Researchers call it the Fly Mind-Altering Device (aka "FlyMAD"), and to demonstrate the system's effectiveness, they've…
Pain is a hard problem. Sure, we can throw a little morphine at pain in the short term, but researchers continue to…
Neuroscientists are increasingly seeing the human brain as a series of modifiable brain circuits. As a result, a lot of…
The movie Inception is getting closer to reality. By planting false memories into the minds of mice, neuroscientists at…
What if you could control somebody's desires using a wireless device? It's not a Larry Niven novel — it's today's…
A recent breakthrough at MIT and the University of Pennsylvania is set to make the spastic and jerky movements of…
Optogenetics, a brand new field of research in which living, cortical neurons and other cells can be manipulated or…
New research could mean no more droopy numb face after you leave the dentist. Scientists are working on a precise form…
What if you could treat conditions ranging from Alzheimer's to blindness, all with a flash of light? Researchers think…
Heart cells created by Stanford researchers could lead to a better pacemaker: The beat of the cells is paced by light…
The emerging field of optogenetics — which enables scientists to control your body's cellular function, using different…
Over the past several years, genetics researchers have made great strides using optogenetics — the manipulation of…
Mice equipped with a special light-sensitive gene can experience muscle stimulation when put in close contact with…
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