Several weeks after NBC News reached out to Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield about the denial, the insurer changed its policy to ...

(Alain Jocard/AFP/Getty Images) Every year, more than 2 million people in the United States are diagnosed with ...

Brain chips could improve the lives of more than 3 billion people with neurological conditions, especially those related to ...

The human brain is remarkably complex, with trillions of connections that control how you move, think and feel. Yet it’s still vulnerable to debilitating conditions such as paralysis, stroke, epilepsy ...

For centuries, people have wondered what separates being awake from being asleep, dreaming, or unconscious. Scientists have ...

Neuralink announced on May 7, 2026 that its next-generation surgical robot can place electrode threads into virtually any region of the human brain — a capability that moves the company's ambitions ...

China has just approved the world’s first brain-computer chip. And they’ve beaten billionaire tech-bro and MAGA evangelist ...

There are two main types of BCIs.

Chinese companies are racing to develop and deploy artificial-intelligence powered brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) that can help people to move, speak and control devices. BCIs, which link a person’s ...

Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have uncovered the first direct evidence that deep brain ...

Neuropsychology researchers at LMU have discovered a rhythm in the midbrain that could serve as a bio-physiological signature for specific states of consciousness. The thalamus is a deep-lying ...