Three months ago, surgeons in Holland implanted a transparent plastic skull in a woman whose skull has never stopped growing. Incredibly, the rare bone disease that was wrecking her vision and ...

A chance encounter in an Ethiopian goat pen has yielded a one-of-a-kind fossil: the nearly complete skull of a human ancestor that died some 3.8 million years ago. “It takes you back about 3.8 ...

The research participant, 39-year-old Jared Hager, sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) from a skateboarding accident in 2019. During emergency surgery, half of Hager's skull was removed to ...

the researchers were able to create a transparent new wonder material. They then implanted a small window made from ncYZS into the skull of a mouse, and created an OCT image of part of its brain.

Researchers have developed a unique 3D-printed transparent skull implant for mice that provides an opportunity to watch activity of the entire brain surface in real time. The device allows ...

With these pieces in place, Liu and his colleagues tested several transparent skull implants on rats, finding that a thin window made from polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) - which resembles ...

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have figured out how to open a window into the brains of mice by using a transparent skull implant. It's called the See-Shell. "What we are trying to ...

California skateboarder Jared Hager has become the first person to receive a transparent skull replacement, which allows doctors to better view the function of his brain. The window has allowed ...

Researchers may have a new way to watch the brain pulse, thanks to an ultrasound probe and a tiny window in the skull. This acoustically transparent hole allowed a team in California to capture ...