For decades, scientists have tried to peer deep inside the human brain using beams of harmless near-infrared light. The technique, called functional near-infrared spectroscopy, or fNIRS, has become a ...

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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.

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Researchers found higher levels of microplastics in brain tissue than in liver and kidney tissue. UNM Health. The human brain may contain up to a spoon’s worth of tiny plastic shards—not a ...

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 ...