For decades, artificial intelligence (AI) has drawn inspiration from a single type of brain cell: the neuron. Neurons rapidly fire electrical signals ...

Cambridge researchers created miniature brain-and-spinal-cord systems in the lab that can send signals and even trigger tiny ...

The old "monkey see, monkey do" adage may rest on some neuroscientific evidence, finds a new Yale study. To examine how the primate brain facilitates cooperative behavior among individuals during ...

Like so much else in nature, the human visual system has both a complex structure and functional efficiency that is difficult for scientists to replicate. The system is both a sensor and a processor, ...

Understanding how the nervous system influences cancer growth, spread, and immune responses is a burgeoning field in cancer research that could unlock new therapies.

Seven epilepsy patients lay unconscious on operating tables at Baylor College of Medicine, their brains exposed for surgery, ...

A fruit fly deprived of essential amino acids will, within minutes, lose interest in a sugar feast and start hunting for ...

A landmark study illustrates how recharging the brain's mitochondrial activity can reverse memory loss in dementia, ...

Professional footy players are exposed to a 15-fold increased risk of motor neurone disease but brain experts warn there is ...

There is a unique kind of satisfaction that comes from quietly turning the tables on an entitled power-tripper. Think of an ...

New Guidelines Recommend Earlier Cholesterol Treatment to Reduce Future Heart Disease Risk A silent threat may begin building ...

Your brain files away new experiences dozens of times a day, sorting each one into the right slot. Go somewhere familiar and it adds to what’s already there. Go somewhere entirely different and it ...