The team successfully detected photons transmitted through an entire adult human head (15.5cm diameter) with an attenuation factor of ~10^18, detecting approximately one photon per second.

More information: Jack Radford et al, Photon transport through the entire adult human head, Neurophotonics (2025). DOI: 10.1117/1.NPh.12.2.025014 Provided by University of Glasgow ...

There are lots of situations where getting a look at the human brain can be very helpful. Unfortunately, our heads are famously opaque, so decades of research and development have gone into ...

In a blacked out room, 20 participants wore head caps studded with electroencephalography (EEG) electrodes to measure the brain’s electrical activity. Photon-amplifying tubes to detect UPEs were ...

Representation of locomotive action affordances in human behavior, brains, and deep neural networks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2025; 122 (24) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2414005122 ...

Researchers at the University of Glasgow have achieved a milestone in brain imaging by detecting near-infrared light that traveled completely through an adult human head. Using high-powered lasers ...