Recently, my colleagues and I published a study on decoding language from brain recordings made using functional MRI. Brain decoders are being developed to help restore communication to people who ...

To understand complex brain processes, there is a clear need to shift from traditional single-cell studies of trial-averaged responses to single-trial analyses of multiple neurons. In this respect, ...

A new silicon chip can decode any error-correcting code through the use of a novel algorithm known as Guessing Random Additive Noise Decoding (GRAND). Every piece of data that travels over the ...

One of the most famous messages ever beamed to space was a string of 1,679 bits sent by the Arecibo radio telescope in 1974. But if E.T. sent us such a string, how could we Earthlings even begin to ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Scientists in California have developed what they say is the first brain implant capable of decoding and ...

Despite expectations that students master basic reading skills by third grade, many continue to struggle with reading into upper elementary school and beyond. A new study commissioned by the Advanced ...