1 day ago - Optogenetics serves as a critical optical interface within the Internet of Bio-Nano Things (IoBNT) framework, enabling precise light-mediated control of biological cells, such as neurons, for next-generation 6G biomedical networks.

April 6, 2018 - Meanwhile, for the second group, we thoroughly explore modern communication system paradigms, including Internet of Bio-nano Things and chaos-based communications, in addition to highlighting how complex systems tools can help bridging 6G and neuroscience applications.

March 1, 2024 - Bio-cyber interfaces lie at the heart of IoBNT applications, which consist in the seamless interconnection of heterogeneous technologies in diverse application environments. We provide an extensive review of electrical and optical bio-cyber interfacing technologies including biosensing-, redox-, optogenetics- and fluorescence-based techniques as well as the newly emerging magnetic and THz-based methods.

May 14, 2024 - Moving from body area networks to the true IoNT opens the door to applications that are not possible at a larger scale, not only because of the size but also because of how higher frequency (smaller wavelength) electromagnetic radiation interacts with the human body (see Figure 5). For example, nanomachines can be deployed in the human brain to control cellular activity through optogenetic and optogenomic techniques.

August 1, 2024 - S. Wirdatmadja et al., “Analysis of light propagation on physiological properties of neurons for nanoscale optogenetics,” IEEE Trans. Neural Syst. Rehabil. Eng., vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 108–117, Feb. 2019. ... A. Sangwan and J. M. Jornet, “Joint communication and bio-sensing with plasmonic nano-systems to prevent the spread of infectious diseases in the Internet of Nano-Bio Things,” IEEE J.

December 20, 2024 - The Internet of Things (IoT) has changed the way how we interact with our physical environment, enabling connectivity and communication between physical and virtual entities, e.g., for digital twin applications. However, as we step beyond the IoT, developing the Internet of Bio-Nano Things (IoBNT), where biological and nanoscale entities will be included in our communication networks, includes challenges as well as opportunities. In the IoBNT, the role of Bio-Cyber Interfaces (BCIs) is still underscored, representing necessary building blocks that ensure the bidirectional information exchange between biological and digital communication systems. The application area of the IoBNT spans diverse domains, e.g., healthcare, personalized medicine, or environmental monitoring. This work proposes a theoretical framework for a BCI, leveraging advances in biotechnology, nanotechnology, and communication engineering to establish an interface for exchanging information between biological entities,

Even though perfectly suited for classic telecommunication tasks, communicating nodes of nano- or micro-scale size, possibly interfacing with biological cells, and/or operating in challenging environments (e.g., liquids) need to employ alternative communication paradigms and technologies like molecular communication. In the IoBNT project, we will investigate and develop a communication system targeting precision medicine and microscale industrial applications. The IoBNT is tailored to coordinate monitoring and actuation in the human body through a communication platform that also connects nanodevices and external gateways. The IoBNT will integrate radio, ultrasonic, and molecular communication schemes in the context of 6G+ wireless networks. The methodological spectrum of the project comprises theoretical modeling, communication- and information-theoretical analysis, computer ...

August 5, 2026 - This mirrors 6G edge nodes that preprocess data streams close to the source, reducing latency and transmission overhead. In this framework, illumination geometry, laser power, and nanoparticle-mediated upconversion act as control knobs for resource allocation, determining which subnetworks activate, how signals distribute, and how robustly information propagates across the biofilm. We simulate a biofilm-integrated optogenetic system in which near-infrared (NIR) light is upconverted by UCNPs embedded in E.

Together with six other research ... of Bio-Nano-Things (IoBNT)” project, which aims to connect the biological area of the human body with the digital area of 6G+ networks....

April 1, 2015 - ... In healthcare applications, conventional electromagnetic communication techniques, particularly within the terahertz frequency range, are difficult to apply inside the human body due to strong attenuation and limited penetration depth in biological tissues. Consequently, alternative communication paradigms are required to enable reliable data exchange under such constraints, as envisioned in the emerging field of the Internet of Bio-Nano Things (IoBNT) [1], [2]. In this context, IoBNT conceptual developments and technologies are considered part of next-generation 6G networks and beyond [3]. ... A Numerical and Experimental Evaluation of Microbubble Communication Using OpenFOAM ... Hans D. Schotten · Reliable communication in confined environments, such as blood vessels or industrial pipelines, remain challenging due to signal attenuation and limited sensor accessibility.

Abstract—Internet of Bio-Nano Things (IoBNT) is envisioned

July 8, 2025 - Abstract: The Internet of Bio-Nano Things (IoBNT) represents a groundbreaking convergence of nanotechnology, biotechnology, and information and communication technologies. This study proposes a foundational framework for developing next-generation ...

June 11, 2019 - ABSTRACT |The development of optical nano–bio interfaces is · a fundamental step toward connecting biological networks and · traditional electronic computing systems. Compared to con- ventional chemical and electrical nano–bio interfaces, ...

3 weeks ago - The story so far: The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, announced on Monday (October 5, 2026) went jointly to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegeman and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.” The prize amount of 12 million Swedish kronor, to be shared equally between the Laureates. How the brain functions and pulls the strings to guide feelings, behaviour and bodily functions has long been a mystery. It was in the 20th century, that researchers began to map areas of the brain to related functions, but the methods they used could not prove causal relationships. So, the image they developed of the brain was like a sketch map, full of question marks and unknowns, as the Nobel committee described it. Now all this is changing, thanks to revolutionary techniques including optogenetics. Published - October 05, 2026 11:24 pm IST Read Comments ...

3 weeks ago - → UPSC has released UPSC Toppers ... optogenetics?+ Ans. Optogenetics is a technique that uses light-sensitive proteins called opsins to switch specific nerve cells on or off with precision....

3 weeks ago - The 2026 Nobel Prize for medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics,” the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden announced on October 5, 2026. Deisseroth is D.H. Chen Professor, Professor of Bioengineering and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Stanford University, USA. Hegemann is Hertie Senior Professor of Neuroscience, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, while Nagel is Professor of Molecular Plant Physiology at the Department for Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics – Botany I, University of Würzburg, Germany. “The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026 is awarded for optogenetics — a method that makes it possible to show how nerve cells shape memories, feelings and behaviours in the living brain.

January 19, 2026 - Internet of Bio-Nano Things (IoBNT) under the Internet of Everything (IoE) framework envisions bacteria as living, nanoscale nodes in a future 6G-enabled network.

2 weeks ago - Controlling brain neurons with light.The discovery leading to this technology was awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The recipients are Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel.[1]The name of the technology is ...

July 24, 2026 - Scientists from Skoltech, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and collaborators developed an ultrathin carbon nanotube coating. Applied like black paint to waveguides and circuits, the film absorbs stray terahertz waves before they cause trouble.