Peering into the human brain has never been easy. For decades, neuroscientists have relied on heavy, expensive machines to measure blood flow and oxygen levels that reveal how the brain works. These ...

Organic chemistry, the chemistry of carbon compounds, is the basis of all life on Earth. However, metals also play a key role in many biochemical processes. When it comes to "marrying" large, heavy ...

More than 30 million Americans rely on implanted medical devices like prosthetic joints, pacemakers and more to improve their quality of life. But implanting any foreign object into the body also ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Two UTK professors partnered with CFD Research Corporation to create a device that uses biomarkers in the blood to diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder. The device can also ...

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Researchers have gained new insights into an ion channel from algae. These insights could help optogenetics realize its full potential in the future. Researchers from Bochum and Regensburg have ...

Despite what some movies may suggest, it's currently impossible to transplant functional, seeing human eyeballs. Scientists are taking a big step in that direction, however, with the development of an ...

A scanning electron microscope image of a new device that levitates under illumination shows the material’s unique, holey structure. This structure enables the device to float using only light. Credit ...

Graphic illustrating MIT’s new platform for manipulating light on the nanoscale. Thin structures represent patterned chromium sulfide bromide, a layered quantum material with different optical ...

Sound is everywhere, but now light can capture it without ever “hearing” a thing. In a striking blend of optics and acoustics, researchers at the Beijing Institute of Technology have developed a ...