The FBI untangled the mysterious Jan. 6, 2021, pipe bombs case by relying on a “new computer program,” which deciphered cellphone data that the agency had held for years. Earlier this month, the ...

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On November 8, 2025, a significant breakthrough in neuroimaging was announced by researchers. They claimed to have decoded and transcribed human thoughts using functional MRI (fMRI) scans by training ...

EMBL researchers created SDR-seq, a next-generation tool that decodes both DNA and RNA from the same cell. It finally opens access to non-coding regions, where most disease-associated genetic variants ...

Exploring biology in its native environment is perhaps the ideal scenario for generating better hypotheses about the cellular interactions that influence—and drive—healthy and diseased states, ...

A novel brain implant helped an ALS patient with severe dysarthria communicate quickly. Another ALS patient was able use her brain-computer interface for about 7 years. Both studies reveal the rapid ...

Festo’s Eric Rice explains two commonly used concepts “(software-defined automation” and “function integration”) in simple terms before contextualizing how Festo applies these concepts. The goal of ...

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For the first time, scientists have created a brain implant that can "hear" and vocalize words a person is only imagining in their head. The device, developed at Stanford University in California, ...

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The brain-computer interface developer Synchron has shown that its minimally invasive device can help connect a patient with an iPad, allowing them to control the device entirely by thought using ...

The ice that makes up glaciers isn't 100% solid – it's actually full of air bubbles, some of which formed centuries ago. Inspired by this fact, scientists have developed a method of using bubbles to ...