Talk about thinking small: researchers at Harvard University have devised a new way to implant flexible bioelectronic devices in the embryos of frogs, mice, and lizards, enabling them to monitor brain ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Cochlear implants have successfully restored hearing to thousands of deaf individuals. With steady advances in microelectronics, their footprint has shrunk to the point where a fully implantable ...

Early brain development is a biological black box. While scientists have devised multiple ways to record electrical signals in adult brains, these techniques don’t work for embryos. A team at Harvard ...

Bioengineering researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a soft, thin, stretchable bioelectronic device that can be implanted into a ...

If high-quality headphones are too big and bulky for you -- or ruin your marvelous hair -- and you're sick of having to replace earbuds every few months because the wires inevitably break in some ...

French scientists have developed a thin, prosthetic ribbon embedded with electrodes that lies along the spinal cord and delivers electrical impulses and drugs for the purpose of activating nearby ...

Until recently, in all of human history, the number of true cyborgs stood at about 70. Ian Burkhart has kept a count because he was one of them—a person whose brain has been connected directly to a ...

Though creatures like the Terminator are still scifi dreams, cyborgs already exist in real life. Millions of people use mechanical implants to improve their lives. That opens up urgent questions about ...