Rice U.’s Taiyun Chi wins NSF CAREER Award
February 21, 2023
Taiyun Chi, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Rice University, has won a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award to research the development of a high-performance neural interface and a noninvasive deep-brain-stimulation system.
Bio-FlatScope dives deep for useful data
March 3, 2022
The lensless Bio-FlatScope is a small, inexpensive camera to monitor biological activity that can’t be captured by conventional instruments. The device could eventually be used to look for signs of cancer or sepsis or become a valuable endoscopy tool.
How headless hydra feel, react to prodding
August 2, 2021
Researchers identify redundant neural networks in jellyfish-like, freshwater hydra. The work is a step toward modeling how internal states and external stimuli shape the behavior of an organism with a highly dynamic neural architecture.