Friday, February 24, 2017

Tiny fibers open new windows into the brain

02/24/2017 12:29 PM EST

Seongjun Park holds an example of a new flexible fiber

For the first time ever, a single flexible fiber no bigger than a human hair successfully delivered a combination of optical, electrical and chemical signals back and forth into the brain.


Full story at http://news.mit.edu/2017/multifunctional-tiny-fibers-brain-0221

Source
Massachusetts Institute of Technology


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