Background Forecasting post-stroke rehabilitation outcome is essential to personalize therapeutic strategies. Traditional approaches rely on clinical assessment scales, which, while essential, may ben...

How does the brain adapt to and learn to read artificial electrical signals from intracortical microstimulation? In @ScienceAdvances, a team from the labs of @LuanLab and @xiechong uses ultraflexible...

Nature Reviews Bioengineering, Published online: 27 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s44222-026-00494-8Spinal motor neurons offer a window into the neural control of movement, combining large-scale observability, physiological interpretability and direct coupling to behaviour. Population-scale recordings could transform human physiology from hypothesis-by-hypothesis investigation into artificial intelligence-driven discovery of general principles, while establishing a new foundation for scalable, physiologically grounded neural interfaces.

Nature Reviews Bioengineering, Published online: 27 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s44222-026-00494-8Spinal motor neurons offer a window into the neural control of movement, combining large-scale observability, physiological interpretability and direct coupling to behaviour. Population-scale recordings could transform human physiology from hypothesis-by-hypothesis investigation into artificial intelligence-driven discovery of general principles, while establishing a new foundation for scalable, physiologically grounded neural interfaces.

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The RoboRoach Kit by Backyard Brains teaches students real neuroengineering by wirelessly controlling a cockroach's movements.

The RoboRoach Kit by Backyard Brains teaches students real neuroengineering by wirelessly controlling a cockroach's movements.

Background Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is characterised by progressive degeneration of motor neurons, resulting in muscle weakness and atrophy. This neuronal loss is partially compensated for ...

Disease progression in people with Parkinson's disease can be accurately monitored using sensors, removing some of the limitations of wearable technologies, a new study reports. In the study published in the Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, scientists from the UK Dementia Research Institute (UKDRI) Care Research & Technology Center, of which the University of Surrey is a key member, sought to develop a more accurate, zero-burden way to track movement changes in people affected by Parkinson's.

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Background Spinal cord injury (SCI) can lead to severe impairments in motor, sensory, and autonomic functions, significantly affecting patients’ functional independence and quality of life. Transcutan...