BISC is an ultra-thin neural implant that creates a high-bandwidth wireless link between the brain and computers. Its tiny single-chip design packs tens of thousands of electrodes and supports ...

Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface startup Neuralink is preparing for a major expansion, with plans to begin high-volume production of its brain implant devices and transition to fully automated ...

In the penultimate episode of Stranger Things, Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) finally reveals the true nature of the Upside Down. Having read Dr. Brenner’s (Matthew Modine) notes, Dustin tells his friends ...

From robotic surgery performed 7,000 miles away to the first blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer's disease, 2025 has been a year full of medical breakthroughs. Scientists discovered a brain implant ...

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Treating brain diseases is extraordinarily challenging, because drugs often work poorly and implants require risky surgery that can jeopardize critical brain functions. A group at MIT has sought a ...

For most people, the loss of a sense such as sight is devastating, not only for intensifying vulnerability, but for undermining quality of life. While prostheses can be functionally useful, they can’t ...

Brain-computer interface startups are surging — and poised to expand technologically and geographically. After early feasibility studies and securing breakthrough device designations from the Food and ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

An Arizona man went to the dentist for a tooth implant and suffered a fatal brain injury from anesthesia complications, with his family securing a recent legal settlement after filing a wrongful death ...

Fallout season two is kicking off with a bang… Literally, if you’re one of a few unlucky people who cross paths with Mr. House or Hank MacLean. But what is that’s making people’s heads go bang? We ...