Clinical Trial
Brain implant lets paralysed man speak at 62 words per minute
A speech neuroprosthesis decoded intended words from motor cortex activity, the fastest and most accurate result to date.
Clinical Trial
Peer-reviewed
A single night of poor sleep measurably ages the brain, scans show
MRI of 130 adults found one night of deprivation shifted brain-age markers by 1–2 years, reversed after recovery sleep.
Peer-reviewed
Psychedelic compound regrows lost neural connections without the trip
A modified version of a psychedelic promoted synapse growth in animal models while removing hallucinogenic effects.
Peer-reviewed
Fusion reactor sustains net-energy plasma for a record five seconds
A tokamak held a burning plasma at net energy gain for five seconds, a milestone on the road to commercial…
Peer-reviewed
Soft robot navigates the gut using only magnetic fields
A pill-sized untethered robot performed targeted drug delivery in a live model, steered externally with no onboard motor.
Peer-reviewed
Engineers 3D-print a working human heart valve from living cells
A bioprinted valve grew its own tissue and functioned in a pulse simulator, a step toward custom transplant-free repairs.