A leading computer scientist says AI may never reach human-level intelligence because it cannot acquire the tacit knowledge that underlies common sense, intuition, and culture. He argues that this ...

A small device that senses light and reacts like a brain cell could change how machines see and think. Built at the nanoscale ...

Many families also have a desire to cut their tax bills – especially with inheritance tax soon to be applied to pension pots ...

Summary: A new study discovered that randomly played sounds during sleep can actively impair memory consolidation. By ...

The next decade will see AI evolve into dynamic intelligence fabrics, exhibiting contextual awareness, cooperative reasoning, ...

In a world regulated by devices, humanity has become disconnected from the physical world—from stick-shift cars to postcards.

Summary: Kinesthesia, the sense of muscle movement and joint position—is the foundational feedback loop required for natural, intuitive motor control. When a patient undergoes a limb amputation, this ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Presbyterian doctors say a new noninvasive brain-stimulation machine is already helping some patients with depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Presbyterian ...

There are clinical treatments for neurodegenerative diseases that involve implanting electrodes into the brain, such as deep-brain stimulation to ease the tremor and muscle tension of Parkinson’s ...

StairMed, a Shanghai-based medical technology company, announced on Monday that it has raised 350 million yuan ($48 million) in Series B funding, marking the largest investment to date in China's ...

The idea of controlling machines with one’s mind used to be a staple of a certain kind of science fiction. Now it’s quickly becoming reality. Implantable brain-computer interfaces, or BCIs, have ...

A new study has identified a previously unreported mechanism of energy transfer to the brain from soccer headers—a finding that could prove significant in understanding the mechanics of headers and ...