New Holographic Technique May Lead to Restored Vision
A team of researchers from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology is combining computer-generated holography and optogenetics in an effort to develop a new strategy for…
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Flashes of Light Can Break Habits
The addition of a light-sensitive protein to a small part of a rat’s brain allowed researchers to silence the neurons in the infralimbic cortex (ILC)…
Light Activated Muscle Cells May Advance Biorobotics
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and MIT have genetically engineered muscle cells to flex in response to light, which may one day enable highly…
Optogenetics Regulates Metabolic Activity in the Membranes of Cells
By using optogenetics, a new study from a team of scientists is one of the first to use light to regulate metabolic activity in the…
Grant May Lead to New Light Technology and Advances in Healthcare
Scientists at the University of St. Andrews were awarded a £5.6m grant to work on photonics in the hope to advance healthcare by improving diagnosis…
Reactivation of the Hippocampus Causes Memory Recall
Lost memories may be a thing of the past as neuroscientists conduct research on mice to test memory recall. By using optogenetics and stimulating the…
Optogenetics Allows Light to Control Brains
In order to search for better cures for neurological and psychiatric diseases, researchers have had to tackle the mammalian brain and its intricate complexity of…