Growth & Development
September 6, 2019
Body Architects
Research from Richard Mann, PhD, and colleagues highlights the unique properties of DNA segments that guide the fly’s complicated development.
Tools & Technology
July 17, 2019
Seeing the "Sixth Sense"
A study led by Elizabeth Hillman, PhD, and Wesley Grueber, PhD, reveals that the imaging of body-sensing neurons required both new techniques and new technology.
Tools & Technology
May 16, 2019
Smart Hearing Aids Can Pick Out a Voice in Crowded Rooms
Nima Mesgarani, PhD, and his team have developed a hearing aid that monitors its user’s brainwaves to lock on to a conversation.
Tools & Technology
May 15, 2019
Scientists Create Mind-controlled Hearing Aid
Development from the lab of Nima Mesgarani, PhD, could transform ability of hearing-impaired to cope with noisy environments.
Tools & Technology
May 15, 2019
Hearing Aids That Read Your Brain Will Know Who You Want to Hear
Developed by Nima Mesgarani, PhD, this potentially transformative new system can work out who you want to listen to and amplify that voice.
Tools & Technology
May 15, 2019
Experimental Brain-controlled Hearing Aid Can Pick Out Voices in a Crowd
Nima Mesgarani, PhD, and his colleagues demonstrate a new type of hearing-aid technology inspired by the human brain.
The Senses
May 3, 2019
You Will Never Smell My World the Way I Do
Stavros Lomvardas, PhD, weighs in on a new study showing that your sense of smell can be utterly different depending on your genetic wiring.
Learning & Memory
March 12, 2019
Do Genes Dictate How Mice Cope With Trauma?
A gene that affects how mice encode fear memories could inform the study of PTSD in humans, according to a study led by Eric Kandel, MD.
Tools & Technology
February 1, 2019
We're Getting Closer to Turning People’s Thoughts into Speech
Nima Mesgarani, PhD, and his colleagues have shown that it might be possible to translate someone’s inner thoughts into speech.
Learning & Memory
January 31, 2019
The Brain's GPS System Holds Clues To Schizophrenia And A Unifying Theory Of Mind
A study led by Attila Losonczy, MD, PhD, shows how a type of brain cell affects navigation through our physical world as well as through our memories.
