As we enter 2026, there are two distinct technologies used by clinicians to interact with the brain: Brain-Computer ...

The human brain is complex. Understanding deep brain function usually requires the insertion of probes that frequently result in irreversible tissue damage. Current neural probes are made out of ...

When a person suffers a stroke, physicians must restore blood flow to the brain as quickly as possible to save their life.

New nanomaterial passes the blood-brain barrier to reduce damaging inflammation after the most common form of stroke. When ...

Professor Ngai Wong and Dr Zhengwu Liu from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), in collaboration with research ...

When you’re short on sleep and your focus suddenly drifts, your brain may be briefly slipping into cleanup mode. Scientists ...

If you find it hard to focus after a wakeful night, it’s because your brain is busy trying to catch up on crucial housekeeping.

Some say you’re only as old as you feel. Others say you’re as young as you think. But how old is your brain really? Scientists have been developing and refining methods to accurately measure the age ...