James Vincent is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. At trade shows like Mobile World Congress, it’s natural that attention is lavished on the newly ...

A brief pulse of ultrasound can gently influence a split second decision by stimulating a small brain area linked to eye ...

In a twist on nontraditional uses of ultrasound, neuroscientists have developed pulsed ultrasound techniques that can remotely stimulate brain circuit activity. The findings provide insights into how ...

A man comes into the clinic, hands trembling. He can barely write or hold a cup of water. He straps on a specialized head device, lies back and slides into a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner.

Researchers at Stanford University have developed a technique to non-invasively control activity in specific regions of the brain, using drug-loaded nanoparticles activated by a focused beam of ...

Ultrasound waves have been used to control genetically altered brain cells in mice, a step towards using this technique to treat conditions such as Parkinson’s disease or epilepsy in humans. One of ...