NEURO 2 (IMAGE) Rice University Caption The National Institutes of Health is backing a Rice University project led by bioengineer Chong Xie to advance flexible nanoelectronic thread that gather information from neurons. Credit Xie Laboratory/Rice University Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.