Do we have to accept a future awash with fake images, videos, and recordings — one where trust in media and online communication steadily erodes? We think the answer is no. Technology can be used to undermine trust. But it can also be used to defend it.

🤖As deepfakes rise, a chip could bring back trust A new sensor technology secures data at the moment it is captured, making manipulation detectable. Image © Felix Franke, IOB, 2026, generated with AI 🧵👇

Most vision scientists would bet that single-cone receptive fields exist in primate fovea, but it was not proven until now. It took years of sweat and $ to combine #AOSLO and electrophysiology. Congrats to PhD student Keaton Ramsey and his mentor Lawrence Sincich. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Gene editing of single, targeted neurons in vivo is now feasible. We are proud to present our preprint for highly efficient single-cell electroporation using RNA. With @alex-fratzl.bsky.social, @munzlab.bsky.social, Botond Roska @iobswiss.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Thrilled to share that our work is now published in Science! ✨ We found a preference for visual objects in the mouse spatial navigation system where they dynamically refine head-direction coding. In short, objects boost our inner compass! 🧭 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧵1/

👁🧠 NEW: The human retina has its own built-in timing fix! A Nature Neuroscience study led by @ethz.ch | BEL Lab, IOB Basel, @unibas.ch shows that photoreceptor signals – even those that travel farther – arrive in sync! >https://u.ethz.ch/S4DvU #Retina #Neuroscience #Bioengineering #ETHZurich