I still vividly remember the first time we observed neurons responding not to audible sound, but to concentrated, precisely ...

Scientists still don’t know how the brain turns physical activity into thoughts, feelings, and awareness—but a powerful new tool may help crack the mystery. Researchers at MIT are exploring ...

A helmet that looks more like sports gear than surgical equipment is quietly rewriting what is possible in brain medicine. By ...

A new start-up in China is planning to use ultrasound technology as a way to access the brain.

An ultrasound device that can precisely stimulate areas deep in the brain without surgery has been developed by researchers from UCL and the University of Oxford, opening up new possibilities for ...

A, an illustration of SOAP stimulating a neuron with an ultrasound focus delivered via the optoacoustic effect. B, the lateral profile of OFUS without and with presence of a piece of mouse skull. C, ...

A new international study points to a specific brain network as the core driver of Parkinson’s disease. Scientists found that ...

Low-intensity transcranial focused ultrasound is a noninvasive, targeted neuromodulation technology. It uses mid- or low-frequency sound waves delivered from arrays applied to the outside of the head ...

For decades, scientists have searched for a safe way to reach deep parts of the human brain without cutting into the skull.