Neurons have dominated neuroscience research for decades, but a growing body of evidence suggests that a group of ...

Researchers have long believed that neurons rely on glucose nearly entirely for fuel. The brain’s enormous energy ...

Artificial neurons will boost computers by mimicking how the brain processes information, while consuming a fraction of the ...

The human brain is made up of billions of nerve cells (neurons) that communicate with each other in vast, interconnected networks. For the brain to function reliably, there must be a fine balance ...

The Braingeneers team will to test the ability of brain organoids to solve tasks in real time Artificial intelligence (AI) ...

New research shows the brain listens differently when we focus, fine-tuning sound responses to match the task at hand.

A team at University of Massachusetts Amherst developed artificial neurons that fire in the same voltage range as living ...

The debate over adult neurogenesis may have just been won. New research out of the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden provides evidence of adult neurogenesis in the hippocampus, a finding that could ...

Inside a lab in the picturesque Swiss town of Vevey, a scientist gives tiny clumps of human brain cells the nutrient-rich ...

The bacteria Geobacter sulfurreducens came from humble beginnings; it was first isolated from dirt in a ditch in Norman, ...

New research reveals that hunger can flip female mice from nurturing to aggressive—but only during specific hormonal phases.