Field: Brain

A new blood test for Alzheimer’s is as accurate as the costly, invasive, and time-consuming methods currently used to detect the disease.

Scientists have created an AI capable of making an Alzheimer’s diagnosis that’s more accurate than the one delivered by a group of neurologists.

The cannabis compound CBD can slow the growth of brain cancer cells, but it’s a long way from a new cancer treatment.

Wireality is a new device that provides haptic feedback for someone using a VR system by pulling on their fingers and wrist with a series of strings.

A lab-altered Ebola virus can hunt human brain cancer cells without killing healthy cells.

Researchers have used a brain implant to help a man with paralysis both move his arm again and regain a sense of touch.

New research sheds hope for sufferers of traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer’s, and for all of us, old age.

Deep brain stimulation surgeries have the power to relieve the symptoms of Parkinson’s, Tourette’s, and other involuntary movement disorders.

Researchers are taking the first measurements of neurotransmitters in active human brains, using computational psychiatry to understand how the mind works.

In our interview with neuroscientist Judith Grisel, she discusses the state of research on addiction and the brain, as well as society’s view of addicts.

For the first time, a lab-grown mini brain has brain waves. Researchers can now launch new ways to study brain disorders. But the question of consciousness in the brain-like organoid could raise concern.

Rethinking Autism: Interview with NeuroTribes Author Steve Silberman

Daivergent is a new startup that hires people with autism to train artificial intelligence - and helps them start independent careers.

Can mind-readers replace passwords and biometric security?

The project, named AlterEgo, intentionally crosses the line between what's "out there" and what's in your head.

What happens in your gut in childhood can change how your brain works later in life.

Metal robots and electric motors don't normally play well with giant magnets.

It's a breakthrough for the blind and paralyzed, not the first step toward the Matrix. (Promise.)

Scientists have figured out how to hack the brain's memory.

Could linking our brains to computers allow the mind to control the world outside of our bodies?

Open BCI has developed a 3D-printed headset that allows your brain to interact with computers in amazing ways.