Army researchers are exploring ways to boost soldiers’ sleep to increase cognition and performance. Doctors at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command’s Walter Reed Army Institute of ...

An electrical zap to the brain can temporarily render a person more susceptible to hypnosis, a new study shows. Participants became more easily hypnotized after paddles placed against their scalp ...

Breathing difficulties are the main cause of death following opioid use. In the UK, the number of adults entering treatment for opioid use was 140,863 in 2020/211 and opioid use remains a significant ...

With numerical simulations, researchers have demonstrated a new way to time weak electrical pulses that can stop certain life-threatening arrhythmias. The group shows that timed pulses are successful ...

A breast tumor (in blue) grows within the surrounding mammary tissue (in red), while lymphatic vessels (in green) form a network around it. High-intensity electrical pulses have been medically used to ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Specially tailored, ultrafast pulses of light can trigger neurons to fire and could one day help patients with light-sensitive circadian or mood problems, according to a new study ...