A “Masterpiece” – For the First Time, Scientists Keep a Mammalian Cochlea Alive Outside the Body

Researchers have captured the living mechanics of hearing for the first time by sustaining a piece of cochlear tissue outside the body. Shortly before his death in August 2025, A. James Hudspeth and his colleagues at The Rockefeller University’s Laboratory of Sensory Neuroscience accomplished a milestone that had never been reached before. They succeeded in [...]